Sutherland Brothers and Quiver - Arms of Mary 1976

[maoridude04]

I was15 when this song came out it was No1 in NZ for ages and it brings back good memories omg I am old......

[kev63inuk]

remember this on a school cruise in 76 meeting a girl from staines middlesex called zita both 13 years old. great memories zita thanks, kev

[superglens67]

@kev63inuk school cruise, it had to be the SS Ughanda,, i went in the early 80s ,but the bloody argies invaded and they took us off ,,

[SKOTP69]

BRILLIANT!!!

[custardaghost]

Didn't the Sutherland Bros write Rod Stewart's "Sailing" ?

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@custardaghost Yes - then retired! lol

[MrMaksutov]

They did indeed and their`s is the better version.

[stames999]

@custardaghost

you bet hey did .. not a bad version

[adz117]

I love how absolutely pissed off the drummer looks at 1:36 xD

[jasedwads]

@FingerPuppetYT

I don't even download any more. I just stream music now. I have spent over £400 watching Muse at concerts and festivals the past few years so they have got a fair bit of money out of me.

[jasmine799100]

i dont like this song is not my type of music

[custardaghost]

@jasmine799100

Like the world and this morning's sewage additions give a toss you self-absorbed little arsehole

[MrKatsaurus]

gr8 song,bad Neil Diamond haircut!



[MOLZARGHful]

lol this is dire

[SAF57]

One of my all-time favourites. Remember singing it to myself, substituting Mary; she, and her with the name of my 1976 crush, he, and his.... Some years later did a cover with my cover band - letting the bass player sing lead vocals ..... oh, and by the way, I ending up marrying the bass player :-) Sweet memories....

[NetCrack]

oh how I miss the arms of my mary :(

[bris5555]

nice shirt 

[jesuspsr1]

oh what beutifull music back then. i was 14 then. i don't listen any of todays music. classic rock!! :)

[enduroman428]

The summer of 76, high school was finished and college was yet a few blissful months in the future. Someone had an SB &Q 8 track with this cut and it just so happened that the girlfriend of one of my buddies was named Mary and, she was smokin hot. He sure had to put up with a lot of crap over this song with the obligatory "changing of the lyrics thats just gotta happen when you're 18.

What a summer it was!

[LordCernnunos]

@Jojoseahorse Seahouses is on the Northumbrian Coast North of Newcastle, not far from Bamburgh

[annascott2000]

love it so :) it will live forever which is more that much of the current songs can hope for..

[DavidTransformer]

Remember buying the single which is what we did before downloads and stuff. Life seemed so uncomplicated then.....and reminds me of someone special and thats the great thing about music.

[jasedwads]

@DavidTransformer

But you must agree downloading music and streaming it is better than going on a bus etc to town to buy a single?

[DavidTransformer]

@jasedwads You think? Guess its a matter of opinion, and I respect that. But actually the fact that everything wasn't as readily at our fingertips added to the excitement and anticipation of going to get it and then bring it home to play.

[Widmerpool99]

That's a nice haircut.

[purplefurball]

this so takes me back....thanx

[MrDegenkolbe]

Ich erinnere mich an die Discothek Groovy und an Sabine! So schööööön!

[MrDegenkolbe]

Ich erinnere mich an die Discothek Groovy und an Sabine! So schööööön!

[SteffanLlwyd]

They did a good gig at UCW Aberystwyth around this time...

[barrigadgi]

Remember it so well was working in Seahouses the hot summer happy times!

[Jojoseahorse]

@barrigadgi Seahouses..... I'm trying to remember where that is, if you could remind me! I'm an ex-pat Scot living in NY who loves looking at old videos on Youtube and reviving happy memories :)

[chilledchips]

The drummer looks REALLY happy!!

[AubMar]

Excellent - Was playing the first time I "saw" a Girl - Life has never been the same since then!!!

[safeway56]

Superb comb-over

[GeorgibamxD]

Couldnt agree more, cant beat it 70's for great tunes.

[albertine1956]

Barry Mason and Les Reed have made this beautifull song "Turn Around"for Rene Laine it brings back the good old time

[justicepartyuk]

There will never be United Ireland because Irish population will commit suicide if they took in Northern Ireland.

[Sunhillow1]

Classic song!

[carefreesteve]

You can tell in the 70's it wasnt all about about style over substance - the music was important. Thanks for posting this.

[joealanouf]

i love that beautifl guitar.love the song...the comb over...go's with his little sway.

[ViniciusMaffei]

Beautiful solo!

[MyTine09]

Ich würde gern wissen, was aus dem Sänger geworden ist... wie sieht er jetzt aus?? Hat jemand eine Info für mich??

[MyTine09]

Seit zumindest 25 Jahren suche ich diesen Song - bei welcher Hochzeit, Geburtagsparty - oder was auch immer. Kein D.J. hatte diesen Song parat. Nun - auf youtube gefunden - tu ich mir dieses Lied immer gern wieder an... und schwelge in den Erinnerungen der 70er;-) - Jetzt habe ich die CD auch bei ebay gefunden - und natürlich gekauft. Super Song!

[kelosker]

good old music

today music is rap and crap

[speedswift]

this song takes me back to 1976 and wonderful memories. If only time could have stould still! Long hot Summer......No political correctness.....just like "Life on Mars!"

[bighezz56]

is that gilbert o"sullivan on drums...??lol!!!

[TheTazmine]

@bighezz56 lmao i felt old sing all the words n thinkin god i was a kid when this was a smash hit .thanx big, youv'e aged me even futher remindin me o good ole gilbert

[mnpd007]

I think the drummer is about to fall asleep on this take.

If I remember the story right from the 70's, Sutherland Brothers and Quiver were two separate bands. The Brothers could sing but couldn't play, while Quiver could play but couldn't sing. The bumped into each other, combined talents and this song was the result. It hit AM radio by storm in '76, and vanished just as quick, never once even getting rotation on the oldies stations throughout the years.

[ger0863]

1976 New Ross Co. Wexford....... long HOT summer........ mmmm

[Pierrelim69]

1976 was a GOOD year for me :-)))

[tammypryor1]

I really like these guys, my favorite song is slipstream.

[DannyAlkhateeb]

wow nice Music ZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZ­zzz

[jewellers100]

Big Hit in my former hometown, Durban, South Africa. Springbok Top 40!!!. Those were those hazy, crazy days in Durban. I wish that Dbn will always be the same

[thehenryal]

We all got complexes around this song, what a band Sailing and this.

[phulme61]

Great song this takes me back to when I was 15 in 1976, thanx for uploading..

[slubglurge]

saw sb and q at greenwich poly in the 70s. absolutely brilliant live band and criminally underrated. to watch the great tim renwick rip into " LAID BACK IN ANGER" was fantastic. it blew the house down.

[spadehatesscrewtube]

is .. that ... neil diamond?

[drprogensteinphp]

Always loved this tune...though I think I prefer the 1978 cover version by Canadian band 'Chilliwack'.

Thanks for the post.

[clingchang]

@drprogensteinphp

Yeah, it was the first version I heard. Chilliwack is a bit better.

[xsitegaming1]

g8 song and memories 76' was a g8 year for songs and memories,hottest summer i can remember going to the beach every weekend with my mum dad family...g8 times..

[jsilence418]

Is that Tim Renwick playing lead ?

[drprogensteinphp]

Yes that's Tim. I really enjoyed him with 'Quiver', prior to the union with The Sutherland Brothers.

Please check out my Quiver video to their song 'Gone In The Morning'...that lengthy jamin' tune really displays what Tim was capable of...it's one of my more recent uploads. Cheers!

[serwet87]

simple or not, it's a beautiful song, and you can hear the words, as opposed to idiots today being obnoxiously loud.

[alanstarkie2001]

1976 - what a year!

[carefreesteve]

@alanstarkie2001 A fantastic summer as an 10 year old. So many happy memories and more innocent times.

[cannuck210]

@alanstarkie2001

1976 Think I was there but can't remember it.

[reilly1926]

Reminds me of my days in the Sacred Heart High School in Paisley. Mr Devlin, our Maths teacher, used to sing and play it on his guitar. Shouldn't he have been giving us sums to do ? Probably why I am selling double glazing these days. Oh well I didn't complain at the time.

[Jazza54]

Dont think these guys will get it together again, sorry....

[maputo95]

Please Sutherland Brothers perform again, my friends. Happy New year 1976.

[mitchly]

Your called Tom Jones? It's not unusual. Oh sorry, couldn't resist it. Forgive me, you must have heard that loads of times. It's my daft English humour.

[mitchly]

I'm sorry to dissapoint but I'm a non-famous Billy Gibbons.

[Eurastus007]

That's fine. I'm a "non-famous" Tom Jones. I'll bet it doesn't help because you're a musician.

[Eurastus007]

I remember riding around in the car and listening to this song on KIMN AM in Denver, 100 miles away. FM radio hadn't taken off yet. I had just broken up with a long time lady and found this song very appropriate and sad regarding the way I was feeling at the time.

The song came and went, a one-hit wonder band, and oddly was never heard again on the oldies stations that popped up years laters. I've never heard it since 1976 until I found it here.

[mitchly]

Great to see these chaps after all these years. I recorded at their studio many years ago in the Potteries. Great times. Thanks. Billy Gibbons. UK

[Eurastus007]

Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? I noticed the UK... maybe just the same name. I'd returned from Vietnam in 1970 and saw a band called ZZ Top play in Texas. I'd never heard of them before; neither had anyone else, but they were very good and it occurred to me that I might hear from them again one day. I did!

[skippersee]

sweet and thanks

[leylandpd2]

Nice song. Kind of makes me feel a bit sad and reminds me of the 70's.

[aberlad77]

Moonight lady was another really nice song by these guys - doesn't seem to be on here though.

[ukandoittowithkandoo]

WOW my mam sings this i thought she had made it up until now so irts a real song

[TheBettyboo62]

This is really nice, as you say its an easy song, but just good too? Takes me way back?

[nightprowler246]

what did he work at

[jaseb19701]

i worked with one of the sutherland brothers in the early eights gaz i think it was i didnt know who he was then one night we were working and i am sailing came on the radio and he said i wrote that me and my friend just laughed later we found out it was true,he was really nice guy

[MsGeeDub]

HIs name is Gav Southerland. And his brother is Ian. My dad helped produce some of their music. They are very cool people. Gav still writes music, he just sent me his latest work to listen too.

[kansaimagic]

so what you are saying is that you are a salty old bastard? Just kidding. This song is pretty good. I think Chilliwack's version was better but points go to the individual that wrote this easy song. Want to hear more complex songs? I wrote them so please check out stunpals(dotcom)

[LOMANDYO]

this takes me back to when I was a lad and it make me cry for better days now ????

[LadyAltheaIsMe]

i love these guys and would really like to see more of their stuff on here!!

[stretchstamford]

My wife Shirley worked at BIBA in Kensington High St in the early 70's. She worked in the new store in '73 with Mary, who this song was written about. I believe she went out with a member of the group.

[jewellers100]

Greetings from SW London - thanks for the memories - takes me back to my days in Unit 5, Chats, Durbs, RSA - and Radio 5 & Port Natal - those were the days - we wish they never end

[IHATECOCKROACHES]

Jonhnnie Walker played this a lt in that may of 76, we heard it between our exams, Sweet times

[jayneee49]

i was about 17 and i recall this song very well,,i dont think i heard another from them!

[UISTMAN59]

This was a great song , they also wrote "Sailing" which was more famously recorded by Rod Stewart. A lot of people used to think they stole it from him and didn't like them because of that! :-)

[tamnliz]

I just love this, thanks for it. X

[082852859]

Brings back sweet memories ... yeah , good music , one hit wonder ... what a shame as they made good music ...

[shaliput]

reminds me of my childhood

[7beers]

Never heard this version. I much prefer the Chiliwack version.

[BILLFRANCIS1956]

Wish music was still like this - thank god for Youtube

[Buschix3]

me too!!!

[Mr424all]

@BILLFRANCIS1956 Your so right where has all the good musicians gone i was born 1980 and wish it was 25 years earlier

[Sandra999ful]

@BILLFRANCIS1956 

[sarahw59]

@BILLFRANCIS1956 and Grooveshark

[Kaynas1988]

@BILLFRANCIS1956 I know

[toolpool]

The drummer and the singer have the same hairstyle: it didn't catch on much with bands as I recall, not like the Jimmy Page etc.

[mnpd007]

I remember driving around listening to this song on the radio. The Sutherland Brothers were vocalists, but couldn't play for crap. Quiver was a band who played good instruments, but couldn't carry a vocal note. So, the two teamed up, this being part of the result. One remarkable thing about the reformed group is that it sounded about the same live as it did in the studio.

[likjho]

You should listen to version done by the band "chilliwack" sounds way better than the original! Enjoy !!

[LVEMEDO]

awesome post ty awesome share tricia love it

[SUFANAN]

This is a wonderful song, but nowhere near their best. It is unfortunate that they had their biggest success with this song, when other songs, like Real Love, Dream Kid, Sailing, and many more did next to nothing. Please dont remember them only for this song,check out their albums, you wont be disappointed. This group should have been big.

[mutinyonthekitkat]

Which one's Quiver?

[Steztheskinhead]

lol

[snotmale]

Can't beat a nice comb-over and flares...

[ufclover1]

is this the original?

[Bolly558]

These guys, Gavin and Iain Sutherland came from just down the road from me in Stoke-on-trent UK. They wrote the original of Sailing plus many others. Gavin now lives in Scotland and Iain still somewhere in Stoke. I remember many a drunken session with the brothers in a local pub not too faraway from their parents home. Spoke to Gavin a few years ago in Scotland. Hes doing fine. Somewhere on the internet they have a site where you can buy current music. All the Best to you guys....

[jon1156]

In Canada we had Chilliwack's heavier, slicker version right around the same time. I wondered which of these came out first, not knowing it was an Everly Bros. song originally. All I can say is, hard to go bald in your twenties in 1976!

[villajonny]

Are you getting a bit confused here, jon1156? I don't know if the Everly Bros ever recorded "Arms of Mary" at any point, but it was written by Iain Sutherland and as far as I know SBQ's version was the original (and best) version.

[jon1156]

Right you are, villajonny. In trying to figure out the origin of this song (remember I always assumed it was an original by Canadian band Chilliwack and we never heard of SBQ over here), I kept seeing references to it as an Everly Bros song on those lyrics web sites -- thought maybe it was an old chestnut like Love Hurts that had been updated in the Seventies. Turns out they covered it on a 1985 covers album. My mistake.

[villajonny]

Thanks for your reply jon1156 - were you born in '56 and called Jonathan as well? I've never heard Chilliwack's version, which I'll check out and will definitely try and find the Everlys version. Thinking abouyt it, "Arms of Mary" could have been written for them couldn't it? if you haven't already done so, get yourself an SBQ best-of, They were a lovely band. If you like that sort of music, also check out Blue - great Scottish band and they're on Youtube (search on "Blue Little Jody"),

[jon1156]

I am indeed a Jonathan but born in '66 not '56. Thanks for the inside scoop on pop rock from Northern Britain. Incidentally I've been a big Teenage Fanclub fan for years and I can see them fitting right in with all these guys.

[atarahapril]

memories of teenage snogging sessions!!**

[reebokblokey]

What an amazing song still sounds fantastic today and great live just like the original recording... one of my faves... Mark

[SPARKAROONEYBABY]

all hail to the majesty of the blue toon

[Suva1987]

I like this song too cause it remines me of my teenage years. Greetings from Germany

[slumpedfrog]

Such a beautiful song. Lovely melody - best tune ever written in my opinion. Don't think much of the lyrics, however! Brings back great childhood memories of hot summer hol in Aberystwyth of all places!!

[laura060366]

Great song I haven't heard in many years.

[kansaimagic]

I've seen some mullets in my day but that scullet the drummer sports is the best! stunpals dotcom

[ambientweather]

Nice hair. I wish I had one.

[Giblinkbob]

me too

[mmac1411]

C McG of Alloa are you there?

[BENDITLIKEBAZZA]

Oops, sorry, I meant Tim Renwick. (No wonder he's an unsung hero if even I can't spell his sirname right!). Sorry Tim.

[BENDITLIKEBAZZA]

From one of my favourite albums of all-time!

"Reach for the Sky" by Sutherland Brothers and Quiver. Tim Remmick (Lead Guitar)is one of Britain's lesser-known guitar heros (and amongst my personal favourites). He's also worked with Pink Floyd and Clapton.

[jimi16jimi]

trippy

[riseandshine75]

another classic vandlised by that fucking boyzone!!

[andiejanefisher]

For some reason I always thought this was a religious song..

[slumpedfrog]

This is the best melody and tune that has ever been written in my opinion. Simple genius, beuatiful, haunting. Naff lyrics unfortunately! Sutherland Bros must be the most underrated band of all time.

[EvedeH]

Hve loved this song since I was 13, when it came out

Still love it now, will forever be associate with that long hot summer of 76

[andiejanefisher]

Came out the year I was born. Unfortunately born in October so missed the famous long hot summer. My poor mother is all I can say.

[g1h2nedlaw]

Great song and unusually structured. Hit the charts the same time as Fernando and Combine Harvester -spring 1976. Lovely days. Thanks.

[stowie63]

love this song reminds me of all the summers that seemed to be around in the 70 s when i was akid

[HotSummerof1976]

Did a lot of slow dancing this,still cool.

[tim7168]

I swear this song is actually incredibly dirty.

[EileenFinnerty]

love this when i was fifteen, forty seven now and still gives me that loved up feeling

[marydol75]

john i wish you were lyin in my arms tonight,xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxx

[johnjarvo]

For MarY G.

[marydol75]

thanks john. xxx

[jamestookie]

To my lovely wife Mary, on our anniversary today. Love you forever xxxx

[Jiffxx]

This is one of 3 performance videos of this song that have been on YTube, but none of others.. A shame.

[mrkcdc]

what a bunch of queers!!!!

[001085]

I loved this song. I didn't do much on the charts down in New Zealand but i was strangely attracted to it

[promtaet]

Okay Mary is London smalltown now and she have seven shildren and she is not my wife

[masterjohnnylove69]

good tune but the girl was Mandy how come it had to happen that they just disappear with the love,,,,

[mal334455]

yes i know what you mean,i lost a barbel on the Severn today........

[InjuredMind]

I heard it first in june 1977 and found the love of my life for only one summer.

Lovely Bärbel I lost you too early but I am allways on your side . . .

[254wellesley]

my dad played in a group n i loved this song although i was only about 8 managed to get it on 45rpm many years later- now i have it on you tube- yee ha

[danieb88]

amazing song

[mountainhouse55]

Believe it or not, Sutherland Bros and Quiver opened for Elton John in '75. Just before Yellow Brick Road came out...saw 'em at the (then) Oakand Coliseum. Surprisingly memorable.

[elofan567]

One of my favourite 70s songs, ah the memories.

[johnjarvo]

Ah, Mary McNicholas. Where is she now...

[OutlandishEmpire]

i thought smokie sang this song

[maggiev0805]

Many thanks for posting this very special song.

[johnny2cards2007]

my late mother in law loved this song it took me ages to get it for her love always jean xxx

[ahgriffiths]

I love you Mam and Dad x

[Christine1966]

wonderful emotinally song.....so many thanks 4 uploading here!!!!!!

[nazztube]

One of my favourite songs and it deservedly did well on our local Charts despite our charts going unnpticed on the grander scale of charts let alone things. I mean who even knows summer's almost over

[jollyholly74]

another great clip.

big thanks.

[ztog]

1337shizzr...if this is about sex, then I wonder what's meant by the light shines down the valley and the wind blows up the alley?

Also, nevermind the singer..get a good look at the drummer.

[1337shizzr]

no i think he remembers mary when the wind blows down the valley..whatever, great song

[maputo95]

Did a band called Chilliwack have a hit with this in the USA in 1978. Did they write this song?

[gejopari]

The song was written by the Sutherland Brothers, Ian and George.

[gejopari]

Oh, and yes, you are correct about Chilliwack.

[chaddyendunder11s]

GREAT HAIR-DO!

[chairmanfob]

GREAT SONG. Try not to look at the singer....

[toddy505]

great stuff,these guy,s also wrote Rod Stewart's biggest hit "Sailing"

[1337shizzr]

I like that song ^^ but one question .....

COULD IT BE THAT IS ABOUT SEX ???? This is NOT ment to be bad or anything but it sounds like, folks, at least in my ears ^^

[filthybaggage]

aren't all love song about sex? they all seem to refer to the bodily function side as well as the emotional these days, don't they?

[DavidJHarrisonEssex]

1 of 3 UK hits (#5-3rd/April/76) & their highest charted. Great song.

2nd Hit: Secrets-#35. 20th/November/76

3rd Hit: Easy Come, Easy Go- #50. 2nd/June/79