Despite not hearing this album rock tune anywhere for years, it's on my mind now. Presumably, looking ahead to Thanksgiving triggered it. Barclay James Harvest must have known in 1972 that when you have a great guitar riff, you build a song around it. That formula worked wonders in "Thank You." The propulsive synergy between the guitar and jazz/rock-style piano would have been enough to sustain the song as an instrumental, but the band added vocals for good measure.
Fifty years later, the tune holds up--and deserves more airplay.
