KATHIE DORAN
Jim Sullivan met his wife Barbara Sullivan when she was in junior high; in that time period, he was in a band called the Survivors that performed in the San Diego area, with his sister-in-law Katie Doran on lead vocals.
In 1975, Jim Sullivan packed up and headed east, intending to meet up with his sister-in-law Kathie Doran – his band mate from his Survivors days – and her husband, Nashville session guitarist Dave Doran. He called his wife Barbara Sullivan from a pay phone in Santa Rosa, New Mexico and, at some point, was stopped by the New Mexico Highway Patrol. Then he simply vanished into thin air; his car was later found abandoned in Santa Rosa with his wallet, guitar, suitcase, everything. Among the theories were that he was murdered or that he was abducted by aliens, the latter theory lining up with the title song on the first album.
(October 2011)
