A zenekar tagjai:
- Mike Been -- bass, guitar, backing vocals (replaced Billy Jones) (1970)
- Peter Cetera -- vocals, bass (1968)
- Jim Donlinger -- vocals, lead guitar (1968-70)
- Tom Dolinger -- drums, percussion (replaced Billy Herman) (1970)
- Billy Herman -- drums, backing vocals (1968-69)
- Billy Jones -- bass, backing vocals (replaced Peter Cetera) (1968-69)
- Jim Nyeholt -- keyboards (1968-69)


Dropped by Columbia Records after releasing an album and a single, the band underwent a series of personnel changes that saw original drummer Billy Harman and bassist Bobby Jones replaced by former Rotary Connection members Tom Dolinger and Mike Been. Picked up by the small Southern California-based Happy Tiger label, 1970 saw the revamped band release the cleverly titled "Aorta 2". Produced by Bill Traut and Jim Donlingher, the second album also saw the band undergoing a major change in musical direction. All but abandoning their earlier psych leanings, track such as "Willie Jean", "Little Bonnie" and "Sandcastles" offered up a mix of lighter pop and country-rock sounds. Curiously, several of the compositions including "Beg For His Forgiveness", "His Faith In Man" and "Devil, Maggot & Son" featured rather blatant
Christian-oriented lyrics. Taken on their own those efforts weren't half bad, full of of nice harmony vocals and engaging melodies, but when compared to the debut the results just didn't come close. This time around it was the atypical numbers that provided the highlights. The
furious rocker "Beg for His Forgiveness" probably came the closest to recapturing the debut's meltdown sound, while "Pickin' Blues" was an okay boogie/blues number. Elsewhere "Sand Castles" b/w "Willie Jean" was released as an instantly obscure single (Happy Tiger catalog number 567).

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01 - Willie Jean [3.07]
02 - Little Bonnie [4.21]
03 - Blythe Spirit [2.50]
04 - Beg For His Borginevess [4.56]
05 - Egypt [4.08]
06 - His Faith in Man [5.11]
07 - Devil, Maggot and Son [2.52]
08 - Sandcastles [2.58]
09 - Pickin' Blues [3.15]
10 - Falling Behind [3.30]

Aorta - 1970 - Second