Singer Terry Bennett came from Carlton, Nottingham. He played in local groups The Breed from the sixties and X-IT in the seventies before being spotted by the four members of Sassafras while he played a gig in Newport with X-IT. They asked him to join making them a five piece and Welsh group Sassafras are now fondly remembered as part of that great swathe of rock bands in the seventies that toured, sweated and entertained in clubs and venues up and down the country.