And ride on I did. Those two guys already had their loyal devotion of followers. It just made more sense to me. There was something about Hunter's honesty in his lyrics that struck me. Sure, a lot of people use music as an escape from reality.
People listen to fantasize about a better life, or girls or the beach, or whatever.
Not Hunter, and certainly not me. No, Hunter's lyrics were all about facing up to personal shortcomings, and realizing there may be nothing you can do about them but deal with them. In doing further research on Hunter, I found out he had about seven solo records, and I had to have them all. Of course, at this point, I was probably the only teenager inquiring about Mott and Ian, so finding them was no easy task. The local Tower Records was no longer enough.