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Creation City Boston

Performing with "Smoke" at the Sportsman's Lounge, Roxbury Mass.

    Creation City was formed in Boston in 1976 with the aid of Benny Petrucci (winds) and Jack Jarnis (guitar). 'Cranberry Dreams' is a good example of the free, funky modal style of this group.

    BENNY AND JACK - Benny led (and still leads) numerous wedding and society band in the Boston area, and first met me when he hired me as his keyboardist (1971-75). He also is an arranger for swing and jazz bands. His father, an accordionist, often played for the Kennedys at their Hyannis compound.

    I met Jack when we were both in the folk-rock group Kelly St. John, led by Kelly Glenny and Victor St. John, which was the toast of Boston and Baltimore discos in the very hot summer of 1974. (You can get a taste of their sound and Jack's lead vocal singing on the 'I've Got a Feeling' clip of his composition on this page). Jack Jarnis joined a Top 40 road band in the mid-1970s, and then vanished from knowledge of his friends. (If you are there, Jack, give me a call!).