Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Singles chart), is a semi-autobiographical story about John's disastrous engagement to Linda Woodrow, and his related 1968 suicide attempt. The "Someone" refers to Long John Baldry, who convinced him to break off the engagement rather than ruin his music career for an unhappy marriage. It was viewed by "Rolling Stone" writer Jon Landau as the best track on the album: "As long as Elton John can bring forth one performance per album on the order of 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight', the chance remains that he will become something more than the great entertainer he already is and go on
Nigel Olsson original American tours and confesses that he still gets nervous before going on stage. In 1971, Olsson produced and released his debut solo album "Nigel Olsson's Drum Orchestra and Chorus" on Uni Records; featuring Murray and Hookfoot guitarist Caleb Quaye, who had played on John's early albums. Olsson also teamed up with the Liverpool trio, The Big Three, for their reunion album "Resurrection" (1973). In May 1975, Olsson and Murray were dismissed from John's band following the release of "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy," which, upon release, entered the charts at #1. Olsson's second solo album, "Nigel Olsson",