king performed alongside the big rock acts of the day, such as eric clapton and grand funk railroad (whose song "we're an american band" mentions king in its lyrics), and for a young, mainly white audience, along with the white tour drummer gary carnes, for three years, before signing with rso records. in 1974 he recorded "burglar", for which tom dowd produced the track "sugar sweet" at criteria studios in miami, with the guitarists clapton and george terry, the drummer jamie oldaker and the bassist carl radle. mike vernon produced the other tracks. vernon also produced a second album for king, "larger than life",