Michael Scott started playing the bass in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1963. It was a polka band called Stan Zielinski and the Silvertones. Folk music was very much alive and a well known local group called the Bay Singers offered Michael the chance to play bass, get gigs, and become famous. While Michael tried to attend his freshman year as a music major, the Bay Singers got gigs on the weekends, luring Michael to the exotic folk clubs in Boston. College offered little to compare with the attraction of making music and getting lots of attention. The four members of the band decided to go to Greenwich Village and pursue the master plan to get gigs and become famous. The Village in January of 1964 was the mecca of east coast folk music. The Bay Singers lived on Thompson Street around the corner from The Bitter End, The Village Gate, and The Café Au Go Go. They played all of the clubs.
Michael and the rest were offered an opportunity by Howard Solomon the owner of the Café Au Go Go. His idea was to com