Songfacts®:

• Peter Case is part of the St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco, where music is a really big deal. "Eyes Of Love" was inspired by his time in the church. "They have a very positive message," he told Songfacts. "It's a message of 'love supreme,' man. That definitely moved me."
• Case has made many kinds of music over the course of his career. He started out in the rock band The Nerves, then moved on to The Plimsouls, which were more of new wave act. As a solo artist, he explored folk and soul. "Eyes Of Love," with his piano as lead instrument, is more of a gospel song.
• In his Songfacts interview, Case talked about playing music in the St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church. "I was a substitute piano player," he said. "They had a very accomplished piano player that had moved over to the Sacramento area, so one day I was going to that church with my wife Denise and they asked, 'Does anybody here play piano?' and she made me raise my hand. I did it and they called me up.
  
  I started playing and I didn't really know how to play that kind of music, but I studied it and listened to them, and they were great. It's a beautiful church with a very uplifting message. The music is the main part of the service every week. They do 'A Love Supreme' and a lot of other cool Coltrane numbers - 'Alabama' and 'Resolution.' The first couple of months I was there they never criticized me, but they also never told me what to do. Then after a few months the bass player turned to me and goes, 'You're starting to get it.'
  
  When I first got there I was playing a bluesy gospel kind of piano in my style, but I learned how to play rhythm piano, but I can't solo like they did."