Sutherland Brothers I am sailing

#Oldies “Sailing“ was written and recorded by the Sutherland Brothers – a duo consisting of Gavin and Iain Sutherland – in a June 1972 session. the brothers provided their own backing with Gavin on bass drum and Iain on harmonium. They intended the song to have a “Celtic feel to it“, and overdubbed their vocals. Gavin Sutherland said of the song, “Most people take the song to be about a young guy telling his girl that he’s crossing the Atlantic to be with her. In fact the song’s got nothing to do with romance or ships; it’s an account of mankind’s spiritual odyssey through life on his way to freedom and fulfillment with the Supreme Being.“ Issued as a single, the song reached No. 54 in July 1972, and the single’s sales were reportedly 40,000 units. The Sutherland Brothers had recorded “Sailing“ subsequent to completing the tracks intended for their upcoming albumrelease Lifeboat, and that album was issued in November 1972 without