That there are only 42 comments on this video that has been posted over 3 years says a lot. WOW, our country has really changed. Growing up in the 70's, I didn't realize how good we had it with all the great music and creativity. What a great country and time to grow up in!
I have loved Gerry from the very start!! He reminds me so much of my first love!! America is my favorite band of all time, seen them in concert twice and would love to see them again, great rythem and vocals, I know all the words to your songs too, thanks for the memories!!!!
Love America! I was a little girl growing up in the early seventies when I first hezrd6 them sing Sister Golden Hair and A Horse with no Name! Timeless music!
I got to see this great band several times over the years.The best was summer of '91 they played after a small air show outside of Nashville.A good friend was the grounds keeper of the airfield.We got to roam about.The Guess Who played 1st.We set next to America while they played.Great intimate show.Afterwards ,we all got to get on their tour bus for drinks and food.We talked and drank.Really down to earth guys.I still have the set of signed drum sticks from Willie.All the signed notes and well wishes from the guys got beer spilled on them and got ruined but I have the memorys.
Love this band! My fave song, Sister Golden Hair, brings back my youth like it was just yesterday, wish we can live in the 1980s again, life was so good during those times.
Saw them in Toronto in 75! The Captain and Tennille opened for them - what an extremely weird bill and a great example of how diverse musicians made appearances on the same tours! The three guys were still together - Dan hadn’t left the group yet. At one point they were called “the poor man’s CSN&Y” - which cracked me up. I was 14in 1972 and was discovering them both at the same time. I considered them to be distinctly different. Peace.
One of my favorite bands! Saw them live several times, including Red Rocks twice in 1975 and again in 1979. then at Rainbow music hall Denver in 1983. Awesome band awesome music! Brings back great memories...
oh man how could I ever forgotten this band America don't know why you never hear most there great many hits on classic rock radio might hear hoarse with no name bout it glad came here listen all my favs.such a great band with lots of great songs
First of all, I LOVE America, the band (and the original country too). In my opinion, their best guitar, song-writing, and vocal work came when they were all of 17, 18, and 19 There's something about the "first time," especially when one is a teen--there is brilliance attached to that age range in my view. These kids were talented, tasty, and brilliant, especially on their first album, before they became world-weary professionals being forced to deal with contracts and the road. The music biz, which Dan Peek and anyone honest asserts, ruins the art and fun of being musicians, compared to how music COULD be for regular, but equally talented ordinary folks. I'm not fishing for any particular narrative, but I'm curious if anyone else has wondered to what extent the lads "sold their souls" to become as popular, rich, and successful so soon? For instance, Peek refers to bacchanalian parties after hours. Rumor has it that these events ( especially in London, NY, and LA) are commonly used to entice up-and-coming talents into doing deeply shameful acts so as to blackmail these eager-to-succeed artists into doing the will of purportedly dark, occult personages and various rain-makers who ended up amazingly managing most all the stars of the 70s, from Joni to Jackson Browne, to the Eagles, et al. And of course, America. I don't know if the reports are hysteria and hype intended to draw clicks and create controversy, or if the rumors are true, or at least true enough. Knowing other things, and connecting the dots, I'd say it's possibly true. But I'd like to know for sure. So, if anyone out there has any information regarding this topic, post away. I'm attempting to be impartial, and as my moniker suggests, I'm seeking the truth.
Dan Peek's reason for leaving, I think, was best expressed in his own words in "Tomorrow." "When will it ever be, O Lord just You and me ..." More than a solo career, he left to pursue God, I think. Perhaps his desire to sing what was inside of him caused some rifts with band mates because they did not want to become a "Christian" band? People are in different places and sometimes it can become very difficult to continue united, in something like music. People write from their hearts, souls; and when all that is consuming you is God ... then that is most likely what will come out of you. So perhaps he felt it was best for all that he go the way he was being called to go and allow his friends to go their way?
