Friday on my Mind 236: Smokey Blue’s Away
Posted in 1960s, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 16 August 2024
A real forgotten track this.
The tune is of course based on a melody from the Largo section of Dvořák’s New World symphony, a theme also used for Goin’ Home.
I believe Smokey Blue’s Away got to something like no 38 in the UK charts in 1968.
1970s chart followers might recognise the singer’s voice though.
A New Generation were in fact an earlier incarnation of the Sutherland Brothers (later The Sutherland Brothers Band and then The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver.)
A New Generation: Smokey Blue’s Away
I noticed from the last link above that Iain Sutherland died in 2019. I missed that at the time.
Iain George Sutherland: 17/11/1948 – 25/11/2019. So it goes.
Tags: Dvořák, Friday On My Mind, Goin' Home, New World Symphony, Smokie Blues Away, The Sutherland Brothers, The Sutherland Brothers and Quiver, The Sutherland Brothers Band
Janusz
18 August 2024 at 05:26
I followed the Sutherland Brothers when they were playing gigs around London in the early ’70s and photographed them at the Marquee Club.
I wasn’t aware of the connection with A New Generation. They look so young in the photo on the sleeve of Smokey Blue’s Away.
I followed your link to the Wikipedia entry and found that the discography was incomplete, so I added the missing albums.
jackdeighton
18 August 2024 at 14:21
Janusz, I am a fount of usually useless knowledge and minor arcana…. Glad to be of service. Good to hear you updated the Wiki entry.
The Marquee club: of famous reputation. I have never lived in London so never got the chance to go. It launched a lot of careers, including one of my favourite bands, Marillion. (Their early stuff at any rate.)