I first heard Highgate back in the early 70's while listening to WXPN in Philadelphia. "Arkansas Flyers" was my favorite song of theirs.

I found this thread hoping to find an audio recording on the web of this song. Perhaps an ex-member of the band will post something on Youtube someday?

Thinking back, a fellow musician friend and I opened for Highgate one afternoon in a free outdoor event in Clark Park in West Philly in the spring or summer of 1974. (It's a good thing no audio of *our* set survives - we sucked! lol). Highgate was in good form that afternoon, though, and they played "Arkansas Flyers" too!

Highgate never became well known beyond the local Philly folk scene, although they were certainly good enough. But then again, they never tried very hard to be commercially successful, which was part of what I liked about them.

-Chris (formerly of "Cousin Nick Country Chris And The Boys In The Back Room")