Some days ago, I received a comment under the article for singer-songwriter Miki Hyodo's（兵藤未来）1979 song, "GOODBYE DOCTOR", referring me to a B-side from her debut single a couple of years earlier.
Therefore, I've decided to kill two birds with one stone and cover both sides of her first release from 1977. The A-side is "Tonde Kita Yume" (A Dream That Flew In) is a pleasantly gooshy song for sunset written and composed by Hyodo. The singer sounds a bit tipsy and happy as she sounds as if she's a permanent resident of Margaritaville. The tipsiness is perfectly fine though since the song is as sweet and intoxicating as a tall glass of Long Island Iced Tea, and there's a really nice guitar solo along with the Fender Rhodes.
Now, the B-side "Maverick" has nothing to down with the American Western TV show of the 1960s or the main character on "Top Gun" or even the little-known mutant character on "X-Men". In fact, I don't think I've ever heard of a song that had the title of "Maverick" before. This time, while Hyodo provided the lyrics once more, the melody was spun by Sakae Fukamachi（深町栄）and it includes the funky wah-wah guitar although the Margaritaville vibes are still there. However, the feeling this time is more hot afternoon at the shopping mall in the resort town.
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