Starry Eyed And Laughing were either 15 years ahead of their time or 10 years too late. Either way, in 1974 they were voted the Rickenbacker twangers most likely to succeed. Starry Eyed were certainly well-respected. They wrote their own songs and played as if they had just emerged from the grooves of the Byrds' Fifth Dimension.

Named after the first line of the last verse of Dylan's Chimes Of Freedom, the quartet released a few singles and two albums: Starry Eyed And Laughing and Thought Talk.