From time to time, I like to focus on bassists who are obscure, but still have some significance. In reading about Rushton Moreve (Steppenwolf's original bassist,) I discovered a few things. Magic Carpet Ride was actually co-written by him. He was kicked out of the band after their second album. His girlfriend (who was Aldous Huxley's granddaughter) had convinced him that California would sink into the ocean; so he refused to travel there. Years later, though, he did die in an accident in California. It wasn't in an earthquake, but obviously following his ex-girlfriend's advice to stay away from California looks like it would have been a really good idea after all.