Tom Carson, along with former Lazy Eggs’ Clem Riccobono and Sam Moceri, founded Detroit’s [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/345989-Fiddlers-Music-Company?page=1]Fiddler's Music Company[/url] in 1970. Dealing in instrument sales and rentals, as well as recording and releasing private press singles and albums, Fiddlers closed its doors in 1980. Gary Praeg founded his own facility, [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/309399-Cloudborn-Studios?page=1]Cloudborn Studios[/url], in the mid-’70s and recorded light-rock and jazz-influenced albums as Shivers and [url=https://www.amazon.com/Anything-Possible-Dove-Grey/dp/B0010V577E]Dove Grey[/url], the latter featured bassist Lamont Johnson. Ron Koss’s next band, the heavier Savage Grace, reached the U.S. Billboard Top 200 in 1970 with the single “Come on Down” issued on the Reprise label.

The Fiddlers label/studios hosted many session during its 10 year tenure: one of those bands was the Happy Dragon projected fronted by Tom Court, who designed Fiddlers recording studios. Tom Carson appeared as a studio musician on many of those recordings.