Friend & Lover

Jim Post was an associate of the Canadian folk group called the Rum Athletes when he met Cathy Conn, who was simply section of a dance firm showing up at the same condition good that he was using. She quit dancing and wedded Post, and he trained her more than enough about singing so the two produced a reliable duo on stage. They lacked Ian & Sylvia’s sensitive interweaving of voices, but Conn could actually belt out a chorus, and Post acquired a nice tenor. Billing themselves as Friend & Fan, they performed clubs while creating a audio and a repertory, and cut their debut one, “If Tomorrow,” made by Joe South, for ABC-Paramount. It didn’t chart, and even though they were sufficient to price support act position using the Buckinghams and also Cream, the duo appeared to be heading nowhere until Jerry Schoenbaum, the top of MGM/Verve, became impressed with Post’s melody “TOUCH BASE from the Darkness.” An upbeat, ebullient melody that crossed midway between Spanky & Our Gang and the first Jefferson Airplane, it had been ideal for the summertime of 1968, a spot once the last, lingering shine of the prior year’s psychedelic summer months was still noticeable’ only if through eye clouded by nostalgic longing amid the worsening politics strife of the time. The melody itself was a faraway cousin towards the Byrds’ “Renaissance Good,” David Crosby’s stunningly gorgeous musical memory from the first SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Be-In; in cases like this, the motivation was Post’s having went to a love-in in NEW YORK, and the feeling of freedom which was in the atmosphere. The record struck a reactive chord, making quantity ten within the nationwide charts, however the duo was under no circumstances able to abide by it up with any achievement, despite two singles and an LP released within their wake. They performed out their Verve agreement, losing a profitable present from Columbia Information along the way when Verve wouldn’t allow them go, and shifted to Cadet Information as Jim & Cathy. The few later divorced, closing the duo’s background, and Post provides since documented for a variety of brands and ventured into playwriting and theatrical creation.