Looking Glass (1973) Wooly Eyes

'Brandy (such a fine girl)' hitmakers and New Jersey Country Rock group Looking Glass should have had a longer career rivalling the Eagles and the Doobie Bros instead of two albums and an unshakeable one hit wonder status.  Mainly due to bassist and second lead vocalist Piet Sweval who was their secret weapon with edgy ballads such as One by One and For Skipper. Sweval's raw vocal always piercing through on the ballads with a prominent crack in his rootsy voice, it's important to acknowledge it's not him on Brandy or their other hit Jimmy loves Mary Anne, though he was a bigger talent than the man who wrote those two hits, the singer and frontman Elliott Lurie.