Lee Michaels is best known for his 1971 Top 10 US hit single, "Do You Know What I Mean". In 1988 he founded the Marina del Rey, California-based restaurant chain Killer Shrimp which he and his family continue to operate to this day.

A little earlier I might have eaten there, except I probably wouldn't have because of the Killer in the name

But my cousin dated a Turtle

Just Lee on Hammond & a drummer.
It wasn't the kind of music I was into at the time, but I enjoyed that record a lot.
As a keyboard player, I had to give a shot to an album that dedicated to keys.
Glad I decided that way.

He never struck lightning the way he did with that track. But it seems he helped inspire a young musician