Poacher (band) explained

Poacher was a 1970s English country music band from Warrington, England. Poacher won the British TV talent show New Faces in 1977.^[1] Poacher are best known for having preceded blues-rocker Frankie Miller's version of the song "Darlin'", by sax player Oscar Stewart Blandamer, which was a trans-Atlantic hit for Miller in 1978.^{[2] [3] [4]} The band backed Sarah Jory's first album.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.casabland.com/page/BIO.aspx Oscar Stewart Blandamer
2. Michael Brocken Other Voices: Hidden Histories of Liverpool's Popular ... 1409493962 - 2013 "Others such as the Hillsiders were also immersed in rock 'n' roll and Kenny Johnson's later band Northwind and (from Warrington) Poacher also wrote their own material and incorporated this into their live sets. Indeed Poacher enjoyed a major worldwide hit when blues-rocker Frankie Miller recorded their song 'Darlin' in 1978."
3. Billboard - 13 Oct. 1979 "The Warrington based group Poacher appeared last November at the Tulsa International Music Festival and achieved a U.S. top 90 country chart placing with "Darlin'"; ... "
4. Billboard - 25 March 1978 Country act Poacher rides through Warrington on a Wells Fargo .
5. Colin Larkin - The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music Volume 3 -1561591769 1995 Page 2224 "Her first album, however, Sarah's Steel Line, was made with the Warrington band, Poacher."