IAIN SUTHERLAND info

Iain Sutherland (vocals, guitar, keyboards)

Brother of Gavin, he was in a band called The Mysteries, before playing for the first time with his brother in a band called A New Generation:

Iain Sutherland (vocals, guitar)
Gavin Sutherland (vocals, bass)
Christopher Kemp (keyboards, vocals)
John Wright (drums)

They released 3 singles during 1969-70, before Iain & Gavin forming a duo, appropiately called Sutherland Brothers, that later merged with Quiver in 1973. Still as a duo, they had a great hit with the superb song 'Sailing', later made famous by Rod Stewart.

Iain and Gavin produced an album by Mickey Jupp: Oxford, 1980 (featuring Dave Bronze).

Iain is mentioned as lyricist in Gary Brooker's album Echoes in the night (1985, with Tim Renwick, Eric Clapton, Matthew Fisher, Rory Gallagher, John Giblin, Henry Spinetti, B.J. Wilson).

In 1990, Iain Sutherland and Steve Hackett (ex-guitarist from Genesis) assembled an all-star band called Rock against Repatriation. It was a charity project for people from Vietnam. The single was 'Sailing', and the musicians included the members of Marillion (with Ian Mosley), Brian May (from Queen), Steve Hackett (with his band), Simon Phillips, The Moody Blues, Godley & Creme, Paul Carrack, Phil Manzanera, Mike Rutherford, Bonnie Tyler, Mark King, Curt Smith, Judy Tzuke, Pino Palladino, Jim Diamond, and the London Chamber Orchestra, among others.

Albums as The Sutherland Brothers:

The Sutherland Brothers Band (1970)
Lifeboat (1971, with John 'Rabbit' Bundrick, John Hawken, Dave Mattacks, Pat Donaldson, Bob Ronga, Steve Winwood, Dave Mattacks)
When the night comes down (1979)

Solo albums:

Mixed emotions (1983, with Gavin Sutherland, Mick Weaver, Dave Mattacks)
Learning to dance (1985, with Gavin Sutherland, Tim Renwick, Dave Pegg, Dick Morrisey, Dave Mattacks)

Some sessions:

Jonathan Kelly (Wait till they change the backdrop, 1973, with the whole lineup by Sutherland Brothers & Quiver: Iain Sutherland (vocals), Gavin Sutherland (vocals), Tim Renwick (guitar), Bruce Thomas (bass), Peter Wood (keyboards), John 'Willie' Wilson (drums), plus Barry De Souza (drums))
Gavin Sutherland (Beat of my heart, 1982)
Any Trouble (Wrong end of the race, 1984)
Clive Gregson (Welcome to the workhouse, 1990)

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