The lineup consisted of singer John Dudgeon, keyboardist Bob Forrester, bassist Rob Cockell, guitarist Tony Dunning, and drummers Ray Angrove and Dennis Watson.
Their first single, "Ten Pound Note", was written with the assistance of A Passing Fancy's Jay Telfer.
[2][3] In December 1970, Steel River and Tuesday Records labelmates Madrigal were ready to tour Quebec and the Maritimes.
[10] In 1983, vocalist John Dudgeon went on to release a solo track entitled "Put My Arms Around You", which received extensive airplay on CKFM (99.9) and other stations in Canada and the US.
In 2013 and 2014, two of Steel River's albums, A Better Road and a remixed Weighin' Heavy, were reissued on producer Greg Hambleton's revived Axe Records label.