Ray Materick toured and performed being a single designer (and occasionally while a member of the duo) as soon as the past due ’60s. He released his 1st recording, Sidestreets, in 1972, but his label, Kanata Information, folded immediately after. Materick after that authorized with Asylum and released a self-titled recording in 1974, accompanied by Neon Rainfall and Times of the Center in 1975, CLOSEST FRIEND Overnight in 1976 and Fever in Rio in 1978.