Hastily put together in 1969 by a veteran quartet of Tallahassee, FL,
musicians and together for only a handful of months, After All is merely
a footnote in the history of late-'60s and Florida rock. Their single
recorded effort, however, was a moody slice of acid-tinged progressive
pop that, while perhaps not among the finest obscurities from the era,
brings back the grooviness and off-the-cuff adventurousness of the
decade in full color. All of the members of After All
had a history playing in various rhythm & blues and jazz bands,
dating back to the late '50s, performing at clubs and parties
throughout the Tallahassee region. Drummer Mark Ellerbee
was fresh out of Vietnam and a graduate of the Florida State School of
Music when he bumped into fellow Florida State graduate and
keyboardist Alan Gold ,
who was performing at the time in one of the area's top night club
bands.