In 1971, a group from my home town, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., hit #17 on the Billboard charts with a song about two miners turning to cannibalism to survive a mine cave-in. Written and produced by Rupert Holmes, Timothy became The Buoys one and only hit record, although they did follow up with another Holmes song. (More on that in a future post.) This is the flip side of Timothy, which was not written by Holmes or the band. One interesting fact about the record: Timothy was recorded and released almost a full year earlier than when it hit the Billboard charts and had already been a regional hit in Northeastern Pa. in 1970. It Feels Good did not appear on The Buoys Holmes-produced 1971 album for Scepter Records, probably because it was too bubble-gummy for the group, which had changed personnel since recording Timothy and was leaning much more toward folk rock. (They did a mean CSN&Y set in their concerts; a great Beatles set, too.) Unable to reproduce the success they had found with Timothy, The Buoys disbanded in the late 70s, with lead singer & lead guitar Bill Kelly and bass player Gerry Hludzik going on to form Dakota, which had some success in the early 80s touring with Queen and Chicago and recording several LPs with Chicagos Danny Seraphine producing. https://facebook/pages/The-Buoys/113299682016869
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:35:09 +0000
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