In For The Night - Music

The Sanford-Townsend Band Featured Alabama Keyboardists Ed Sanford From Montgomery Alabama And Johnny Townsend From Tuscaloosa Alabama Who Previously Worked Together In A Tuscaloosa-Based Band Called Heart Not To Be Confused With The Band Of The Same Name Fronted By Ann And Nancy Wilson From Seattle/Vancouver . After Reuniting In Los Angeles Sanford And Townsend Signed A Publishing Deal With Chappell Music And Began Writing Songs Most Notably "Peacemaker" For Loggins And Messina Which Was Co-Written By Sanford And Townsend With Kenny Loggins. Their 1976 Self-Titled Album Started Getting Attention When "Smoke From A Distant Fire" Reached No. 9 On The Billboard Hot 100 And No. 1 In Cash Box Recorded At The Famous Muscle Shoals Sound Studio In Alabama. The Album Was Retitled With The Name Of The Hit Song And Re-Released. The Band Supported The Song By Opening For Fleetwood Mac On Their Rumours Tour As Well As Concerts With The Marshall Tucker Band Charlie Daniels Jimmy Buffett Foreigner Heart And Others. The Band's Follow-Up Albums Entitled Duo-Glide And Nail Me To The Wall Were Significantly Less Successful. Sanford And Townsend Returned To Their Careers As Session Musicians And Songwriters. Ed Sanford Co-Wrote "I Keep Forgettin'" With Michael McDonald Which Appeared On McDonald's Debut Solo Album In 1982. The Band's Long-Time Bassist Jerry Rightmer Died In 2007 At The Age Of 57 From Cirrhosis Of The Liver Brought On By Hepatitis C. He Was Survived By His Wife And Four Children In 2008 John Townsend Formed The Toler/Townsend Band With Dan Toler. Townsend's Tenor Voice Remains Substantially Unchanged From Thirty Years Prior. read less