Backed by former Spencer Davis Group drummer Nigel Olsson and bassist Dee Murray, John's very first American concert took put at the Troubadour in Los Angeles on twenty five August 1970, and was a good results. A stint with a limited-lived team named the Corvettes rounded out his time. In 1974, John collaborated with John Lennon on his cover of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", the B-facet of which was Lennon's "1 Day at a Time".