Guest Author - Sandy Mullins
Jim Seals (brother of country singer Dan Seals) and Dash Crofts make up the musical group Seals and Crofts; known for such songs as: Diamond Girl, Summer Breeze, Castles in the Sand, We May never Pass This Way Again, Hummingbird and many more. They are also Baha’is.
Seals and Crofts hit the air ways back in 1969 with the album Seals and Crofts . I must admit I became a fan of theirs with the introduction to their album Diamond Girl in 1973. My late husband (before we were married and I became a Baha’i) introduced me to the album Diamond Girl and telling me the song “Diamond Girl” was the way he felt about me. Ever since that day I have loved Seals and Crofts, their soft light hearted melodies always seemed to reach the very heart of me with every song.
I had no idea back in the early 1970s that Seals and Crofts were Baha’is or what a Baha’i was, but I knew I loved and enjoyed their music.
Seals and Crofts met back in 1958 while playing with Dean Beard in Champs. They then went onto various bands such as the Mushrooms to the Dawnbreakers before deciding to break out as the duo Seals and Crofts in 1969. It was also in 1969 that Jim Seals and Dash Croft became Baha’is.
Seals and Crofts had five gold albums and their Greatest Hits album hit double platinum. During 1980 they lost their recording contract with Warner Brothers due to their sales declining. Seals and Crofts were able to devote more time to the Baha’i Faith. They come together occasionally to perform at Baha’i functions and record occasionally. Jim lives on Costa Rica coffee farm since 1980 and Dash like a lot of Baha’is has continued to live in several countries. Jim’s brother Dan Seals was formally with the duo England Dan and John Ford Coley (1969-1980), but is a solo country performer/singer.
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