Rabbitt - Lifeline

Rabbitt was a South African rock band formed in 1974, evolving from a band called The Conglomeration.

The name "Rabbitt" was first used in 1972 when the single "Locomotive Breath” (a cover of the Jethro Tull song) was released and subsequently went to number 18 on the South African Top 20 in 1973, charting for 2 weeks. The line-up for this single consisted only of session musicians, these being Trevor Rabin, Errol Friedman, Francois Roos, Louis Forer and Cedric Samson, and had nothing to do with the Rabbitt formed in 1974 (according to Ronnie Robot himself).

In 1974 Trevor Rabin (born 13 January 1954) - vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, Duncan Faure (born 16 December 1956) - vocals, guitars, keyboards, Ronnie Robot (Ronald Friedman) (born 5 October 1954) - bass guitar and Neil Cloud (born 3 September 1955) – drums formed a band and decided to use the name Rabbitt. They made it into the South African Top 20 charts 3 times with:

1. Charlie - 1976, #9, 7 weeks
2. Morning light - 1977, #15, 3 weeks
3. Gettin' thru' to you - 1977, #15, 5 weeks

The band was immensely popular in South Africa and were labelled by many as the country’s first super-group. Most of their songs were written by the band members themselves, most notably Trevor Rabin. After releasing a number of 7” singles and 3 albums, they broke up in 1978. Trevor Rabin later became a member of Yes, and Duncan Faure went on to join the Bay City Rollers.

This song is off the album "Boys Will Be Boys", released in 1975. It runs continuously with the next track, "Locomotive Breath", therefore the abrupt stop.