The Blue Jean Committee

One of the leading soft rock acts of the '70s, the Blue Jean Committee rode the wave of the California sound with its multi-platinum album Catalina Breeze, even though the band was based out of Chicago. The Blue Jean Committee was formed by guitarist and lead singer Gene Allen (born Eugene Skrowaczeski) and bassist and harmony vocalist Clark Honus. Allen and Honus were the sons of men who worked for competing Windy City sausage companies, and met while attending a school for prospective meat-packing employees. Honus was a star wrestler in high school, but when he saw that Alle...