Friend and Lover

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"Reach Out Of The Darkness" album cover

Friend and Lover were an American folk-singing duo comprised of husband-and-wife team, Jim and Cathy Post. They are best known for their hit single "Reach Out of the Darkness", which made the U.S. Top Ten on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968.

[edit] Biographical information

Cathy Conn, later Cathy Post, was born 30 May 1945, Chicago, Illinois. She had a background in song and dance before meeting Jim at a Canadian provincial fair in 1964.

Although the couple recorded other singles, the act - and marriage - broke up.

Cathy re-married twice, became Cat Conn, has three children and five grandchildren, and lives in the mountains, in New Mexico.

Jim Post was born 28 October 1939, Houston, Texas. He had previously performed with the folk group, The Rum Runners. He went on to record solo albums for labels such as Flying Fish Records and Fantasy Records.

[edit] Reach Out Of The Darkness

Jim, inspired by a New York love-in, wrote the duo's only significant hit single, "Reach Out Of The Darkness". The song was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, with Ray Stevens and Joe South on the session, and released on the Verve Forecast label. The song made the U.S. Top 10 chart in June 1968, and was adopted as a kind of anthem by the protest movement against American politics of the time.^{[citation needed]} It is the title track of their album. The song became a staple of local and regional Christian Rock groups in the 1970s, as the lyrics were viewed by many as having religious overtones.^{[citation needed]}