Spooner was an American rock band formed in 1974 in Madison, Wisconsin, by keyboardist/vocalist Doug Erikson, songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Bob Olsen, and guitarist/vocalist Dave Benton originally as an acoustic/electric trio.
[1] Extremely popular in Madison, and able to draw in crowds in other Midwestern cities, Spooner released two well-received albums, Every Corner Dance and The Wildest Dreams and toured intensively throughout the Midwest to promote them.
[2] After originally meeting at college in Wayne, Nebraska in the early 1970s, and performing under the name "Nickelplate Road", Spooner formed in 1974, after a move to Madison, Wisconsin.
[3] The following year, Spooner recorded a four-track extended play, titled Cruel School, with Shoes' Gary Klebe.
[2] The band's following rocketed afterwards, picking up enough momentum to break into Chicago, and enabling Spooner to make inroads into ten nearby states as well as performing as far away as the Peppermint Lounge in New York City.
[2] Spooner signed a deal with Dali/Chameleon to release The Fugitive Dance, but after a shake-up at the label, the album was allowed to die a death.
[2] In 2013 Spooner through bandcamp.com released "Hindsight" a digital only album that is a collection of EPs, singles and unreleased material (such as two songs recorded for the film Dreams Come True) newly remastered.