The Bleu Forest was originally formed as a trio in 1966 by Michael Cullen on guitar and lead vocals, Gary Heuer on guitar and backing vocals, and Jack Caviness on drums and backing vocals. The original three sequestered themselves at Jack's Home Acres house during the formative months with constant rehearsals doing Beatles covers and one or two original songs written by Mike Cullen. The first originals were 'Bitterstreet' and 'One I Love', both which were eventually included on the yet unreleased album 'A Thousand Trees Deep' and the recording of demo material at the home of music icon, Jimmy Haskell. Bass player Ed Steele was added to the group prior to these recording sessions. Mike wrote some additional original material and rehearsed for endless hours until they were perfected. The entire process consumed many months before the band felt enough original material was ready to play publicly. Several musicians came and went before Mike, due to personal issues, left the group. The split was cordial and Mike allowed the remaining group to use the songs he had written. After a search of the local area, organist Larry Wiseman and lead guitarist/lead vocalist Ron Barkley were added, and this became the Bleu Forest that is remembered.Members:Ron Barkley (lead guitar, lead vocals) Jack Caviness (drums, backing vocals) Gary Heuer (lead guitar, backing vocals)Ed Steele (1950-2011) (bass)Larry Wiseman (keyboards)Mike Cullen (guitar, lead vocals, main songwriter)