Silence, a not too successful group from the Welsh borders, were joined by session pianist and rock n roll hopeful Ian Hunter. Developed from Dylan obsessives to their own character over the course of four albums for Island. Very popular live (banned from the Royal Albert Hall after seat smashing incident precursor of punk rock), but no great record sales. Decided to split up, but then continued to record "All the Young Dudes", written for them by up and coming pop star, and fan - David Bowie. Three more albums and several pop hits before finally falling apart when Ian Hunter left in 1974.
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(ian hunter)
I followed the night till the morning sunlight
And I thought of the changing times
And I followed the child with the evergreen smile
And the blue broken tears start to cry
Blue broken tears hide away the years
Misty highway seems colder today
And I saw a waterlow where the evergreen grows
And the wise man knows why he crys
And I heard a child call me away from this all
And the blue broken tears start to rise
Blue broken tears aint nobody here
Lost in the sun my only young one
Blue broken tears our love disappears
The evergreen dies drowned in my eyes