The Sanford-Townsend Band was a rock and roll/indie rock band who scored a hit single in 1977 with "Smoke from a Distant Fire". The band was named after its founders, keyboardists Ed Sanford and John Townsend, the latter of whom was also their lead singer. == History == The Sanford-Townsend Band featured keyboardists Ed Sanford (from Montgomery, Alabama) and Johnny Townsend (from Tuscaloosa, Alabama), who previously worked together in a Tuscaloosa-based band called The Heart (not to be confused with... [more on Wikipedia]