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Savoy Brown

Yeah, "Train to Nowhere" actually had some airplay in Richmond when I was there. Enuf to where I looked up the album & bought it. This was 1976-77-78, somewhere in there.
 
Looking In is my fave by them and the song Street Corner Talking was played on Fm radio quite a bit in California when it came out.
 
Became a big fan after picking up a used copy of Looking In based solely on the cover. Shortly after that found a used copy of Street Corner Talking and I was off and running.
 
For the Minnesota folks, SB plays at Famous Dave's Blues Saloon in Minneapolis every now and then. Went to the show two years ago, think they've been there since then.
 
I first ran across Savoy Brown in a record store. The cover art for "Looking In" just jumped out at me (and one reason why vinyl is so great). Took it home and was amazed at Kim Simmons` guitar work. I eventually went and purchased their entire catalog up until that point.
My thought on why they weren't more popular is that they weren't real flashy like a lot of guitar bands, nor was English blues ever really a huge thing in the states, maybe because it wasn't upbeat or fast-paced enough. Too bad because talent-wise, I think they were better than a lot of the Top 40 bands of the day. Foghat went on to become very popular, because they were more pop-oriented with catchy guitar riffs that Savoy Brown often lacked.
 
I no longer recall whether or not SB received much airplay @ Chicago. Probably not @ the early 1970s as AOR programming didn't quite "gel" until around 1974. And besides, we had a few local Blues ensembles who represented the genre quite capably, thank you.

Past that, I enjoyed SB and collected their early LPs, @ least the debut through/including Hellbound Train. They dropped from radar after that.

FWIW, while Foghat were known in/around Chicago, they didn't achieve large(r) venue status until the "Slow Ride" (1975?) phase of their career, and even that was a short-lived "success" @ our town.
 
I stopped at the library during lunch and checked-out Savoy Brown "Skin `n` Bone/Savage Return" and the booklet says that after the 1975 release of Boogie Brothers, Savoy Brown HEADLINED at Madison Square Garden. So possibly, Savoy Brown was more popular than we're giving them credit for?

As far as Foghat, they had many hits besides "Slow Ride." "Fool for the City" hit #20, and 7 of their first 8 albums went Gold or better. Maybe they didn't play in Chicago, but they were a first class arena rock band in the rest of the country. ;)
 
'Train to Nowhere" is one of my favorite songs from the era . Youldon's nasally vocals were a welcome respite from the usual white boy pretending to be from the Mississippi Delta .
John Peel played this every few Top Gear shows on BBC Radio 1.
 
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