Drummer (and singer) Jimmy Carl Black was of Cheyenne Nation. // IThis album was conceived as part of "No Commercial Potential", which produced three other albums: Lumpy Gravy, Cruising with Ruben & the Jets, and Uncle Meat.
Guitarist Gary Duncan of the Brogues and of Quicksilver Messenger Service was borh of parents Father Cherokee and Mother Pawnee and then adopted by parents that were Cherokee.
Mordecai Jones was made-up name for Link Wray's piano player Bobby Howard. The band was Link Wray's and his brother Doug Wray who were from the Shawnee Nation.