Solo Career
Ferguson took a year and a half off for rest, until record producer Bill Szymczyk asked Ferguson to come down to his Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, recording studio. Ferguson recorded three studio albums and a limited-run live album for Asylum. He scored a Top 10 hit with the title song on his second solo album, Thunder Island, which peaked at #9 in the US, and another hit with "Shakedown Cruise" from his last Asylum album, Real Life Ain't This Way. After his recording contract for Asylum was completed, Ferguson changed record labels, and recorded two more solo albums for Capitol Records.
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