Claim: Hugh McCracken played for the band The Funatics and the experimental jazz-rock White Elephant Orchestra, otherwise known as Mike Mainieri & Friends.
Evidence: In the middle 1960s, McCracken played in a North Jersey night club cover band called The Funatics under the stage name of Mack Pierce. He was a member of Mike Mainieri's White Elephant Orchestra (1969–1972), a 20-piece experimental jazz-rock outfit based in New York City. White Elephant (Jazz Band 1969-1972), otherwise known as Mike Mainieri & Friends, was a jazz-rock big band made up of session and studio musicians based in New York City.