In 1961 he toured South Africa. Later, he performed in Liverpool with the Beatles as an opening act. The next four years were spent in England performing when asked and making records that didn't sell. His Capitol Records contract expired in 1963.
In 1966 he signed with Challenge records. In 1969 he played the Toronto Peace festival but, was lost among John Lennon, Doors, Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis. He returned to England until returning to America in failing health in 1971. An attempt to land a new recording deal failed. After a string of unsuccessful appearances at the San Francisco Park Festival he returned to his home to Los Angeles. . Soon there after, he was admitted to the Inter-Valley Hospital in New Hall, California with a bleeding stomach ulcer. On October 12, 1971 he died at the age of thirty six.
gene has a spotty history and they document it like sh*t,i copied this the way it is printedwhat happened later???lol....