Elvin Bishop had been in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band from  1965 to 1968. Then he formed his own group. Although he recorded 21 albums over the years he only ever had one hit single, “Fooled Around and Fell In Love.” It got up to #3 on the Cash Box chart for the week of May 16 – 22, 1975. On the Billboard chart it was at #3 for two weeks (May 16 – 29).

Elvin wrote the song and is performing on the red guitar in the video. He felt that his gravelly voice would not do the song justice so he had Mickey Thomas, who was a background singer in his band at the time, sing it. Mickey Thomas would later become the lead singer for Jefferson Starship.