In a weird TANC, Larry Grogan posted something on FB about how he was listening to Poco and suddenly realized how much Richie Furay had to do with the basic sound of Buf Spgfld. And of course we heard Souther/Hillman/Furay on Casey's '70s this wknd. So in the course of recommending that Larry check out SHF's stuff, I found this about the band on Wiki:
"The band had a substantial hit in 1974 with its self-titled first album, which was certified gold. However, during the recording of that album, and influenced by Al Perkins, Furay converted to evangelical Christianity. ...Tensions among the members increased, and Jim Gordon, who may have been experiencing the onset of schizophrenia, left the band and was replaced by Ron Grinel. Souther and Hillman formed the satiric Heathen Defense League in reaction to the efforts by Furay and Perkins to 'save' them. In the midst of this chaos, SHF's 1975 album Trouble in Paradise was not critically or commercially well received. Soon after, the group disbanded and its namesake members continued on their solo careers"
And Jim Gordon later murdered his own mother and is still in prison. Wow.
