They released four Top 40 singles in Canada; in their final year they were nominated for a Canadian Country Music Award.
[1] O'Toole had been a professional musician and songwriter since 1967, co-founding The Northwest Company in that year and remaining with the band for various periods between 1967 and 1974.
Polydor Records signed the band in 1980 and released "Can't Make No Sense", from Blue, as a single.
Written by O'Toole, it did well on radio nationally, spending 9 weeks on the Vancouver charts, peaking at No 10.
[1] That year, the band recorded the 1983 album Restless Heart by the Winnipeg country singer Patti Mayo, which Cowsill produced.
[10] Their last performance was as part of a Christmas concert at Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom on December 23, 1982.