Spooky Tooth were the first band that Hendrix jammed with when he came to England to work with Animals manager, Chas Chandler - but they were called the V.I.P.s back then.
The band worked on the first album to include the term "Heavy Metal" back in 1967, and later worked with pioneering electronic composer Pierre Henry (who wrote the mega-sampled track Psyche Rock in 1967). They were called Art back then, but changed their name to Spooky Tooth when Gary Wright joined.
Greg Ridley left the Spookies to join Humble Pie.
Luther Grosvenor played with Stealer's Wheel and Mott the Hoople - and went on to found Widowmaker.
"Better By You, Better Than Me" was (in)famously covered by Judas Priest, they influenced Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath - and probably more diverse groups like Uriah Heep and even Blue Oyster Cult.
Oddly enough, they're not one of my favourite bands - just one of the most interesting.
Add to the list;
Dust
Khan
Wildfire
Buffalo
Warhorse
May Blitz
Jericho Jones
Fuzzy Duck
Pussy
Fanny
...I think 10 is enough for now - they're all good
