Editing Dave Walker (section)

===Mistress (1976–1977)===
Later in 1976, Walker, Douglass, and Olsen decided to leave Raven and join keyboardist Chris Kovacs and drummer Chris Paulsen in Mistress; a fledgling band which had been around since 1972. Olsen departed later that year and was replaced by Dave Brown; with Kovacs also departing and the band adding Charlie Williams on guitar at the same time. With this line-up the band recorded some demos in the hope of gaining a recording contract, but this did not come to fruition during Walker's tenure in the band. In 1977 Walker returned to England to join [[Black Sabbath]] and Douglass departed to join the [[Steve Miller Band]]; leaving Williams to switch to lead vocalist, and guitarists' Danny Chauncey and Kenny Hopkins to join the band. Eventually the band were able to release an album, which featured a song co-written by Walker and Paulsen, entitled "High on the Ride", amongst its track-listing; but it is unknown whether any of Walker's vocals are featured on this track. The album also included a minor hit, with the ballad "Mistrusted Love" scraping into the US top 50 singles chart. Legal difficulties also caused the eponymous album recorded by Mistress (again without Walker) in 1977 to be shelved, but it was released in 1979 by RSO Records, nearly two years after Mistress broke up.<ref name="The Dave Walker History">{{cite web|url=http://10538overture.dk/Members%20of%20ELO%20and%20Relatives/Dave%20Walker%20(Idle%20Race)/Fronts/dave_walker_history.html |title=Dave Walker |website=10538overture.dk |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://glorydazemusic.com/articles.php?article_id=3656 |title=GLORYDAZE Music - Articles: Mistress - 1979 Mistress |website=glorydazemusic.com |access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref>