I always appreciate live music that sounded like the recording. Saw them open for Elton John in Greensboro, N.C. in 1973 and was really impressed with their live sound. The next week heard the recording and the live performance was spot dead on with the recording. Never forgot these guys! So glad to hear them again, good memories and good times!
God I love this song , 1973 you will always have my heart. Music of perfection...I was a teenager ,life was perfect , to the 70s I would go back and have no desire to see the future of the river of tears ,pain unbearable that i will go thur ...
1975-taped it from the radio to my Sony Reel to Reel. Stopped and rewound till I had all the lyrics. “Carry on, Carry on, to the end, to the end, looking hard in the sun for a better friend…”
I saw them fifst row on the floor, but they were on the floor, too, because there was no bandstand. I think they fronted for an Elton John concert and just played a small venue before the night of the concert a restuarant-bar kind of setup. They were approachable; I talked with briefly, all very down to earth. My first question was "Why have I not heard your music before?", being such a British invasion affecionado, I was stunned that I hadn't. I remember the bassist was doing the Chuck Berry Duck Walk; I think the bassist was Bruce Thomas who played bass on some early McCartney and/or Badfinger. Waiting to see if I was going to be drafted or would the lottery save me? It did. The waiting was made easier listening to this, for me, come out of nowhere, incredible band. I'll never forget Bruce and that duck walk. Great experience aand enjoyed their other songs, especially "Sailing". I remember the Sutherland Brothers as the band for Al Stewart, ah, memories fade; maybe Quiver was Stewart's band, and I 'm not even drinking vodka and lime....
Thanks. The song sadly isn't on the streaming services in the UK at least, though a live version is (on Spotify). I certainly remember it getting airplay but it didn't make the UK charts. The group had to wait another three years for that with "Arms of Mary". But I'm pleased to learn from Wikipedia that it was a minor hit in the US (highest position 48 on Billboard, 20 on Cashbox).
richard cleverly ...i am sailing was another song they wrote and first recorded, but never went high in the charts. then the already famous rod stewart got hold of it and the rest is history.
