The British Lions - Big Drift Away [HQ Audio]

[gypiemalone]

I love this song; thanks for uploading. I saw British Lions supporting AC/DC at Cambridge Corn Exchange (we were there for the Lions as big Mott fans). We met Overand Watts and Ray Majors in a Chinese takeaway after the gig and I recall Overend asking for forks to which I quiped ahh! Fork Talking Man; he looked at me like I was an Alien :-)

[ledrotten]

there was definetly a band still there after Ian and Nigel were gone,the problem was they forgot how much music was fun , sidetracked with the quest for commercial suckcess,it burned them out ,this was one of their best tracks...Kinda still in the Mott The Hoople vein , especially the end..

[MrSicilian16]

Great LP...

[chrisjewett63]

fred from sa, rok on dude rok on!!!!!!!i am from ne sa roosevelt high l8ter  Chris Jewett

[chrisjewett63]

only 7 ratings on this????????WTF c'mon san antonio ???!!!!!say it

[chrisjewett63]

Joe Anthony put many excellent bands on the road to success!! Rush,Triumph,Moxy,Legs Diamond,Riot,April Wine,Budgie......Need I Say More??? yeah,ok,Judas Priest w/ Victim of Changes!!!! R.I.P Big daddy ,you rocked us all.... PURO SAN ANTO !!!! Chris Jewett S.A. , TX.

[78232fred]

Fuck yeah, Joe Anthony was the guy who put this on the air! What a great song!

[chrisjewett63]

@78232fred hey fred you hit the nail on the head ....ru from sa??? Cj S.A. ,TX.

[jgrimsley2000]

From the Halcyon days of Joe Anthony/Lou Roney KMAC/KISS. Radio was never better before or since. G-dammit.. San Antonio used to rock so hard.

[chrisjewett63]

san antonio rocks! i too bought the album,havent heard it in20 years thanks choccy&of course the late,great Joe Anthony ROCK ON!!!!!! chris jewett

[chrisjewett63]

san antonio rocks! i too bought the album,havent heard it in20 years thanks choccy&of course the late,great Joe Anthony ROCK ON!!!!!!

[giamozz]

LoL, A diamond in the rough !! Looking for a few, and here it is !!! Brings me back, to when i wore pygamas, Thanks Choccy

[unitedairlines727]

I could give a crap about all the "music" we have today. This band is awesome. I am so glad I discovered them.

[unitedairlines727]

I could give a crap about all the "music" we have today. This band is awesome. I am so glad I discovered them.

[BaySideEth]

I originally heard this track on station KSAN in San Francisco during the peak of "Free form" FM radio; when the talent picked the music. This one wowed me so much I had to call the station before it was over to get the name of it.

[MrCountrypop]

Been decades since I last heard this - all I could remember was Morgan did a brilliant solo - wasn't disappionted fantastic. thanks for posting.

[78232fred]

I am from SA also, and I saw them open up for UFO and Blue Oyster Cult in 1978. Thanks for posting!!!!

[chrisjewett63]

@78232fred glad to hear from you fred, rok on man!!! Cj SAtx

[derfzus]

I'm from SA and it used to get quite a bit of airplay on the old SA rock stations, back when they broke ground with the latest rock. I went right out and bought the album and still have it in mint condition. An obscure rock classic song! Thanks for posting!

[STRATCAT101]

I heard this song before, but when it was over they never mentioned the name of the band.I heard of The British Lions,ithought they were a great band . Who is in this band,is there anyone from Mott?

[choccystarfish1]

Glad you enjoyed it, tfclarkin!

[tfclarkin]

The hard rock station in San Antonio, KMAC-KISS, used to play this all the time in the '70s--I haven't heard it in years. Many thanks, choccystarfish1, for posting this great tune.