The band, an early Southern pop/rock setup, was the innovation of John D. Wyker (March 14, 1945 – December 8, 2013)[1] and Court Pickett, who formed the group in 1971 near Decatur, Alabama.

In the 1960s, Ed played with other musicians in Granny's Gremlins in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; that included Hal Holbrook, Marvin Rust, and Bruce Stewart.

The concept album's songs loosely tell the story of a motorcycle vagrant who apparently bums for a living, meeting a woman and settling down to start a family.

Sailcat leader Wyker, who had been a member of the Rubber Band who recorded the original version of "Let Love Come Between Us" (later a hit for James & Bobby Purify), went on to play with many of the great Southern rock musicians like Eddie Hinton, Dan Penn, Delaney Bramlett, among others.

Wyker worked on a benefit project called The Mighty Field of Vision Anthem, a group dedicated to raising funds for musicians who have fallen on hard times.