Topic: Riff-In-A-Jiff
In 1978, Chilliwack released their seventh album, Lights From the Valley (pictured), the follow-up to their successful Dreams Dreams Dreams album. Despite a lack of promotion due to financial troubles at Mushroom Records, the album yielded a hit in the band's cover version of "Arms Of Mary". The album was also Chilliwack's first since the addition of guitarist Brian MacLeod, and it would be the line-up established on this record that would give the band its most successful years.
CHILLIWACK - "Arms Of Mary" (I. Sutherland)
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Updated: Monday, October 19, 2009 12:59 AM EDT
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