Terence Boylan

Terence Boylan's solo debut, Alias Boona (1969), was an East Coast recording of fairly rough-edged folk rock influenced by Bob Dylan and the Band. Eight years later, this second album appeared rather suddenly on Asylum. Recorded on the West Coast, it shows a striking transformation into a sensitive singer-songwriter.

His supple singing bears a clear Jackson Browne influence. Behind him are familiar AOR musicians such as Chuck Rainey, Victor Feldman, Jeff Porcaro, David Paich and Steve Lukather. Donald Fagen, a friend from his student days who had also supported the previous album, takes part too. With its strong jazz and soul flavour, the sound could almost be called Jackson Browne meets Steely Dan. ‘Shake It,’ a hit for Ian Matthews, is just one of its many richly rewarding songs. Another album, Suzy, followed in 1980. Playback (1967), the unusually titled album he made with John Boylan under the name the Appletree Theatre, is also highly regarded.