He hired his old friend C.F. Turner and for drums, his brother Robin who was still in high school. The four eventually became known as BraveBelt and released two albums, BraveBelt and BraveBelt II.
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In 1977 "Freeways" was released. Nothing on the album was successful and B.T.O. was on the verge of death when their Singer/Songwriter Randy lost interest in the group.
Even without Randy the band went on, putting C.F. Turner on guitar and recruiting former April Wine Bassist Jim Clench. They Released two unsuccessful albums, "street Action" in 1978 and Rock n' Roll Nights" in 1979. B.T.O. was put on hiatus.
In 1984 Randy rejoined the Band to release another album simply called "B.T.O." it wasn't successful and was the last studio album they ever made.