 He later moved to London and joined an all-Aberdeen group called Jock.While he was living in London, he was recommended to Manfred Mann and subsequently joined Manfred Mann's Earth Band, with whom he made his debut on their 1975 autumn tour of America.He performed on two Earth Band studio albums, "The Roaring Silence" and "Watch", which featured two hit singles in "Blinded by the Light" and "Davy's on the Road Again" respectively.