What was the name of the 1970 number one hit record by Matthews Southern Comfort which was their only hit?
Iain Matthews various different line-ups and toured extensively for the next two years. They had one commercial success, a cover version of "Woodstock" by Joni Mitchell which was a number one hit single in the UK Singles Chart in October 1970. It received heavy airplay in Canada, reaching No. 5, as well as peaking at No. 23 on the Billboard singles charts in the United States in 1971. Afterwards, Matthews left Southern Comfort, who went on to release three albums of their own on Harvest Records. In 1971, Matthews recorded two solo albums ("If You Saw Thro' My Eyes" & "Tigers Will
Matthews' Southern Comfort (album) Matthews' Southern Comfort (album) Matthews' Southern Comfort is the debut solo album by country rock/folk rock musician Ian Matthews, and was his first album after leaving Fairport Convention in 1969. The musicians who played on it with Matthews were luminaries of the British folk rock scene and included ex-Fairport colleagues Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol and Richard Thompson, plus Gerry Conway, the drummer from Eclection and Fotheringay. The touring and recording band Matthews Southern Comfort who went on to release two more albums, "Second Spring" and "Later That Same Year", would not be formed till later, with only pedal steel player