associated_acts notable_instruments label background instrument genre article_title name occupation
james saved freak band , frank cook gang , pacific gas & electric , all guitar columbia , solo_singer guitar rock music , blues , r & b glenn schwartz
 glenn schwartz singer , songwriter
glenn schwartz

glenn schwartz -lrb- born 1941 -rrb- first came to the attention of rock music audiences as the guitarist for the james gang , based in cleveland .
he left the james gang in late december 1967 when he moved to california .
he later joined the los angeles based blues band pacific gas & electric and , in 1970 , scored a national top 20 hit with the song '' `` are you ready ? '' '' .
tired of the rock and roll life , he left pg&e to join a pioneering gospel rock group the all saved freak band , which was the musical evangelistic arm of an ohio religious group-turned-cult , the church of the risen christ , headed by larry hill .
the book fortney road : life , death , and deception in a christian cult -lrb- 2015 , freethought house publishers -rrb- examines the life of glenn before , during and after he was in rev. larry hill 's cult .
schwartz recorded four albums with the freak band before leaving it in 1980 .
