Heads Hands & Feet

After Poet & the One Man Band disbanded, Albert Lee on guitar, Pete Gavin on drums, Tony Colton handling vocals, and Ray Smith on guitar joined forces with Chas Hodges on bass, violin, and vocals plus Mike O'Neill on keyboards. Together they launched the country-tinged Heads, Hands & Feet and cut a double album whose sound echoed the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and the Grateful Dead of that era. Their self-titled debut, featuring guests drawn from the folk and singer/songwriter worlds, appeared as a double LP in the United States yet surfaced as a single album across Europe. The release earned strong praise, especially for Lee's guitar contributions.

O'Neill exited shortly after the record came out, prompting the group to shift away from country leanings and toward rock. They managed to track and issue Tracks, which received modest acclaim, yet ongoing internal tensions kept undermining stability and ultimately fractured the lineup before Old Soldiers Never Die arrived in 1973 on Atlantic Records. In 1996 See for Miles issued Home from Home, a set of pre-contract recordings and demos. Albert Lee went on to establish the Albert Lee Band alongside Pete Gavin and Chas Hodges before later becoming a member of Eric Clapton's group. Chas Hodges subsequently teamed with Dave Peacock to create the duo Chas & Dave.