December 5, 2006
So it’s ONLY been since July when I updated this site last. Thanks to those who emailed me wondering if I had fallen off the face of the earth. It’s nice to be missed and I do appreciate the continued interest. Five months later I had hoped I would have been farther along with my new album but it’s taking a little longer. I seem to put these out only once ever four or five years so I’m right on schedule. Having said that, I’m finally making some more music available. It’s not my new record but I’ll tell you more in a minute. First, I’d like to recap..
What’s been going on? A lot of the same ol’ - same ol’ with some cool twists and turns. I’ve continued working as Stringed Instrument Curator at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and still enjoying that “real” job. Fondling guitars is a joy to be able to do it in the name of work is even better. I also get to help with some programming at the Hall. To date, I’ve hosted four of the “Nashville Cats” programs where we spotlight session players and sidemen in a ninety minute career retrospective using audio, video, and live performance along with the live chat. It feels rewarding to help some of these legendary musicians get a little more of the spotlight. The guests in 2006 have been famed Man of Steel, Lloyd Green, harmonica master Charlie McCoy, the most-recorded studio guitarist Harold Bradley and the legendary Don Helms of The Drifting Cowboys. They’ve all been great to work with. When you think of all the classic records they’ve all played on, it boggles the mind.
You’d think I might give up trying to juggle everything else with a gig like that but I feel like I’m keeping the balls in the air. I’m always songwriting. That’s something that just happens that won’t turn off. Recent co-writing sessions with Danny Flowers (“Tulsa Time”),Alan Gordon (from Bonner and Gordon who wrote “Happy Together” and many more), UK songwriter Jon Peppard, Amelia White, Neil Mason of Bang Bang Bang and famed guitarist Robben Ford come to mind. Besides the Tricia Yearwood cut from last year, “Trying to Love You” co-written with Beth Neilsen Chapman, I also have a co-write with Cheap Trick on their latest album “Rockford”. I’ve mentioned these cuts in previous updates here.
In July, I did a session as both a singer and guitarist on journalist/ author/ songwriter/singer Peter Coopers debut album. He thought I would fit on the project and I ended up on four or five of the tracks. Other guests include Todd Snider, Jason Rigenberg, Joy Lynn White and Lloyd Green who co-produced with Peter. It’s not out yet but please look for it. He’s a truly fine songwriter who has made a really fine record with both balls and brains.
My longtime friend, Bill Davis from the now legendary New Orleans band Dash Rip Rock, called me recently with a unique proposal. He asked me to be one of the (recorded) characters in a hillbilly punk rock opera mirroring the story of Dante’s Inferno. That, by itself, was enough to sell me. Along with Mojo Nixon, Jello Biafra and others, listen for my voice-over as the character, Ulysses. The album is called Hee Haw Hell and it will be out February 27th on Mordam Records.
In August I was asked to be a guest on Charlie Monk’s radio show on the Sirius radio network where we talked about my Hall of Fame gig as well as songwriting. I performed a couple of songs on the program. “Dancing with the Past” from my Back To Even album and a co-written song with Al Anderson (NRBQ) called “It Came From The South”
Working with The First Amendment Center’s “Freedom Sings’ program has been an ongoing gig throughout the remainder of 2006 as well. Since I posted here last, we’ve taken our program to Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Washington DC and Pulaski, Tennessee where we had one of the best receptions of all. I started off as the music director for this program since it’s inception in 1999 and it’s still a goosebump inducing experience for me. We did our annual show at the Bluebird Café here in Nashville in September and had a wonderful variety of guests. The houseband was Craig Krampf on drums, Dave Pomeroy on bass, Joseph Wooten on keys and Danny Flowers and myself on guitars. Guest singers included Mark Volman of The Turtles, J.D Souther, Kim Richey, Darrell Scott, Jessi Alexander, Jon Randall, Walter Egan, Ashley Cleveland, Chuck Mead (BR549), Amelia White, Michael Kelsh, Peter Cooper, Tommy Womack, Robert Ellis Orrall, Jonell Mosser, Shonka Dukereh and I’m probably leaving someone out. Each year is a highlight and this year was no exception. I enjoyed singing harmony and playing with J.D. Souther on his version of The Youngbloods, “Get Together” and that was only one of many high points.
The Long Players have continued to do our thing of performing classic albums using guest singers from Nashville’s vast talent pool. The concept allows us to celebrate ALBUMS as listening experiences. We always play them all the way through in the proper song sequence. You can find The Long Players page link at the top of this section to find out who sang what on which album. As you can imagine, it’s GREAT fun and we always donate money off the top to a different charity as well as pay the singers and players a little something. Nobody gets rich but nobody gets hurt :)
We’ve been doing this for a couple of years now and have stirred up a little local Nashville dust (we tied for best cover band in the Nashville Scene Poll..somebody call a publicist!) but it looks like the word is leaking out. We’ll be featured on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered program on December 30th. Here’s a link:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6556455&sc=emaf
Our next album is Van Morrison’s Moon Dance and some of the guest singers we’ll have on hand include Maura O’Connell, John Cowan, Ashley Cleveland, Greg Trooper, Jonell Mosser and others. That album is coming up on Friday, December 29th.
The last one we did was back in October when we did Meet The Beatles. Here’s the rundown;
THE LONG PLAYERS -
MEET THE BEATLES
October 13, 2006 Mercy Lounge 9 PM $15
I Want To Hold Your Hand (Bill Lloyd and Steve Allen)
I Saw Her Standing There (Gary Burr from The Roundheads / etc.. )
This Boy (Hans Rotenberry from The Shazam)
It Won’t Be Long (Chuck Mead from BR549)
All I’ve Got To Do (John Jorgenson fromThe Hellecasters/Desert Rose Band/etc.)
All My Loving (Brad Jones)
Don’t Bother Me (Mark Volman from The Turtles / Flo & Eddie)
Little Child (Chris Church)
Till There Was You (Beth Nielsen Chapman)
Hold Me Tight (Hans Rotenberry from The Shazam)
I Wanna Be Your Man (Dave Coleman)
Not a Second Time (Heath Haynes)
The Long Players are:
Steve Allen, John Deaderick, Steve Ebe, Bill Lloyd & Garry Tallent
Proceeds in part donated to Doctors Without Borders
I always go on about how much fun these are but I’ll keep saying it.
It was fun.
I’ve made a little headway towards my next studio record but in the meanwhile, want to offer up some more odds ‘ n ’ ends I’ve collected into a second “All In One Place” cd. Like with the “Horizontal Hold” CD-R, I’m not pressing it up officially. So, please hit this link (or find the one on the DISCOGRAPHY page) and find out more about what’s coming out of the home vaults. The CD-R’s listed include the already available “Horizontal Hold” but there’s also a home recorded acoustic record called “A Cue Stick”. Look for demos from my home studio (Demos From Def Heffer) and a compilation from my old 80’s new wave pop band, Sgt. Arms.
Speaking of Sgt. Arms, I started a page for that band on My Space.
There’s pictures, music and a short bio of the first band I was in where I first experienced rock’n’roll levitation.
There’s a dialogue about our 7” single at a website here :
http://www.kbdrecords.com/2006/10/19/sgt-arms-walking-on-the-roof-7/
You think five months without an update is bad.. this discussion is about a record we did twenty five years ago.
By the way, I really enjoy the My Space thing so here’s a link to MY My Space page.
So back to the CD-R’s, I think it might be a few more months before I’ll have anything to show for my next album.. so if you’re already like what I do.. please check out some of this stuff.
Please keep a lookout for tracks I’ve donated to upcoming tribute records. I recorded The Clash’s “Sound of Sinners” for The Sandinista Project which is due out in the Spring. Here’s a link: http://sandinista.guterman.com/
I’ve also done Byrds and Rick Nelson songs for two other tributes due out next year. I’ll let you know when they come out..
Besides the gigs with Freedom Sings and The Long Players, the main place I play my original music is when I do the songwriter in the round shows at The Bluebird Café here in Nashville. I have dates booked in 2007 already. There are three in February, in fact. You can find me there on February 1st with Swan Dive and Don Henry; on February 2nd with Danny Flowers and again on February 9th TBA.
I had fun sitting in with The Gin Blossoms when they played Nashville in October. I’ve written some songs with guitarist Jesse Valenzuela over the years. The band’s latest record, Major Lodge Victory, is a welcome return after a long hiatus. Jesse called me up during their encore and I played on Cajun Song. Big fun.
I’m trying to recall if there’s any other news to tell. Even though this project isn’t finished, I’ve spent a good deal of time this last year working with a young rock band from my old home town of Bowling Green, KY, called The Secret. I think they’re on their way to being a great rock band. They’re really young (all 19 except one is 20). I’ve been producing demos on them and we’re nearly ready to start shopping in earnest for a record deal. Again, I’ll keep you posted here.
I think that just about covers all I can cover. Have a happy holiday season. I appreciate you stopping by.
Best
Bill
July 3, 2006
Hi and thanks for dropping by.
Sorry for the delay in my posts here. Thanks to all of you who emailed me wondering if I had left the planet. It so happens that I do have some things coming up that I want to promote as well as report on a bunch of fun stuff that’s already happened that I just didn’t make time to write down .. until now!
First off .. what’s coming up and what’s happening now? I’m excited about that new Cheap Trick CD called “Rockford”.. not only because it’s one of their best albums in years but also because I co-wrote a song on there called “Dream the Night Away” The current single is called “Perfect Stranger” but I gotta’ tell ya’.. “Dream the Night Away” would make a dandy follow up. But that’s just me…
Seriously tho’.. they did a great version of the song and, speaking as a fan who most-likely lost a portion of my hearing in my right ear from one of their concerts in ’79, I’m SO pleased with their new album. It’s a great sounding record with non-stop hooks. It rocks like crazy too. I’m really proud to have a song find it’s way into their legacy.
While I’m overdue for a new solo album (I can’t believe it’s already been two years since Back To Even got finished up), I’m in the planning stages for two more recording projects for myself. I’m in that “list-making” stage where I have most of the songs ready to record and trying to figure out which ones I’ll record first. Since it’s all conjecture at this point, I don’t want to jinx it or say too much about it. But here’s the general idea. The first album will be a solo album in every sense.. containing all new songs I wrote by myself and my plan is to play and sing it all as well.. at least that’s the plan for now. I know it sounds like an enormous ego trip but I’ve never done it (only very nearly) and I’m into the challenge. Move over Emitt Rhodes!!
I have another list featuring songs co-written with that laundry list of collaborators I’ve worked with over the years. So I’m truly closing in on finalizing the list for both of these projects and hope to get started soon with the actual recording. In the meantime, feel free to check out my Japanese imported career-retrospective “Slideshow” CD or download the country-rockin’ “Horizontal Hold”, my “online-only” album. The DISCOGRAPHY link at the top of this page will get you there.
Besides all this list-making, what HAVE I been doing with my time? I still have my “day gig” as Stringed Instrument Curator at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and that’s, still, just great. I hosted the second program of “Nashville Cats; A Celebration of Session Musicians” with the legendary Charlie McCoy as our guest “Cat” a few weeks back to a full house in the Hall’s Ford Theater. In front of a pretty daunting crowd of Charlie’s peers and friends, we spent 90 minutes reeling through the years in conversation and including live performance. Supplemented with some fantastic rare video footage and audio clips, I have to say that the experience is right up there with playing music on the fun factor. The Curator gig, working in the archive, is also still a wonderful gig but it’s great they allow me to do programs like this one. The next one is coming up on August the 19th with the dean of Nashville studio guitarists, Harold Bradley. Harold’s only 80 and still plays the occasional session!
I mentioned in a previous post that I’ve been working some with a young group called The Secret. None of them having even reached their 20 birthday’s yet, we’re still in demo-mode but we’re still at it and hope that the tracks I’m producing will end up somewhere good.. like in your IPOD. If you’re a fan of Kings of Leon or Jet.. it’s a similar kind of vibe. Classic rock with pop touches but more of a punk/pop scrappiness to it. I think they’re great and, of course,I wouldn’t be working with them if I didn’t.
I’ve had some really fun gigs as of late too.. The Long Players have done a couple of albums since I last posted. We did that debut album by The Cars on April 14th with another stellar cast of singers. Here’s the promo ad with the list of who did which song that night.
What was especially fun that night is that, after we did the album in sequence, along with four or five more Cars hits, we took a break and came back out as The Nuggets doing 60’s garage-rock. The stipulation was that no one could play their own instrument. It could have sucked but it was huge fun and the vibe was just right. Garry Tallent played lead guitar for the first time since High School, drummer Steve Ebe was our lead vocalist, John Deaderick played mostly bass, Steve Allen and I moved between drums and keys and I got to play some bass as well. Our Turtle friend (Flo!), Mark Volman, was a guest singer that night and, NOT ONLY, sang background vocals throughout the night but pretty much led us through the last half of The Nuggets portion. The man knows his Nuggets being one himself and I mean that in the most respectful way. He was THERE in L.A. when The Standells, The Seeds, The Music Machine and others cut and ruled with those records. Not to mention The Turtles own garage classic, Gas Money or their surf days in The Crossfires!
On June 2nd The Long Players kicked off the summer with The Kinks music-biz concept album “Lola Vs. Powerman & the Money Go Round”. It was another one of those nights where it starts off pretty good and just kept getting better. On the promo picture below you can see who did what but the encore was especially nice. Tommy Womack and I did a short acoustic set of Kronikle era songs which led to a second appearance of Steve Forbert. He and I did Starstruck..then it got louder with everyone up for those early hits. Just great. I wish Ray could have been there.
Ray played in Nashville back in March and was just great. I’ve met him a couple of times and even once got to audition as a guitarist up in NYC a couple of years back. One of my favorite “fan” moments was playing HIS songs with just he and I with guitars in a room.. AT ANY RATE, I have an even newer story. I was walking downtown the day after his performance here in Nashville and, in a fit of serendipity, ran into him on lower Broadway as I was going back to work from lunch. Such a class act.. he remembered me to his girl telling her what a good guitarist I was. I couldn’t have scripted it better. He didn’t HAVE to be so nice so I guess it was a real moment. His new record is great too. Check it out.
The Long Players have also been known to do private concerts. We’ve hit an era where many rock musicians stay afloat by playing corporate gigs.. and it’s pretty commonplace. We did one in June in a BACKYARD here in Nashville and it may have been one of the most fun shows we’ve done. We reprised the Elvis Costello debut LP, My Aim Is True, and got former Clover vocalist Alex Call (also the writer of smash 867-5309) and Greg Trooper to help Steve Allen and I sing the record. We also did a set of Badfinger songs with Joe Molland who flew in for the occasion. That was ANOTHER moment for me where the musician and fan occupy the same place and time. I have nothing but great things to say about Joe Molland as well. Still plays great guitar and when it comes to Badfinger, he’s the last man standing and still enjoying it.
On June 16th Steve Allen and I threw together a combo with Fenner Castner and Hags Haggerty to do an opening set for The Plimsouls who are back together and out on that road. Our set went great.. doing a bunch of songs Steve and I have co-written but are on our solo records as well a few others. We ended up doing a cover of My Generation..sort of a last minute idea that turned out okay. The Plimsouls sounded great and Peter Case was in fine voice. Peter and I wrote “For the Longest Time” that was on my “Back to Even” cd and was recently covered by former Beau Brummel, Sal Valentino, on his latest record. Scroll down to the last update for a link and more info.
While I’m promoting OTHER peoples records, my ex-partner Radney Foster has a new record out and is hitting the road again. In fact, he’s selling some Foster and Lloyd shirts on the road and on his site.
Here’s what the design looks like. The shirts are $20 each if you would like to buy one from me, send me an email with your interest and I may begin to stock a few myself!
With all this fun cover band activity, the continuation of the Freedom Sings programs, my curator job at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum..it’s been a busy Spring and early Summer. Please look on my CONCERTS link to see my upcoming gigs.
I’m still co-writing some (Bill DeMain from Swan Dive, Greg Trooper and Amelia White as of late) as well as playing an occasional session (Peter Cooper and Lloyd Green this weekend!). I’ve not been out on the road since I went out a couple years ago with Don Dixon, Jamie Hoover and Robert Crenshaw but you just don’t know what’s around the corner.
By the by.. check out my page on MY SPACE..I’ve joined the rest of the world now…
http://www.myspace.com/billlloyd
Thanks for checking in here and I hope to have new music for you soon.
Best
Bill
February 12, 2006
Happy New Year! I’m a little tardy on the ’06 well-wishing but I’m probably not the only one who can’t believe it’s already here.
I had a birthday in December and it was one of those monumental round numbered ones.. so I’m refusing to acknowledge time as a concept at this point…I’m pondering quantum physics as a way to stay younger.
Back to the point.. thanks for dropping in. Here’s what’s been going on and what’s coming up:
The Wizard in Vinyl label in Japan released “Slideshow” in December. It’s a career-retrospective compilation with tracks from all of my solo albums. There are several alternate mixes and it’s a good overview of my pop/rock recordings over the last twenty years. You can get it from me directly (it IS nice to hear from you!) or order it online through sites like Not Lame or Kool Kat.
As a reminder, I also have an online only collection called “Horizontal Hold” available on I Tunes or E Music. If you’re not an online buyer, contact me through my email on this site and I’ll personally burn you a CD-R. You can follow the same ordering directions as found on the Bill For Sale page.
There’s a brand new issue of MOJO (one of the premier music magazines from the UK) on the stands now with a free CD compiling cover versions of Ray Davies/ Kinks songs. My version of “This Is Where I Belong” that was on my Set To Pop album in ’94 is included. At your newsstand now!
The single of “Trying To Love You” that Tricia Yearwood recorded and found on her “Jasper County” is now being promoted to AC stations instead of country. Despite the disappointment that it didn’t fare better as a country radio single, I’m very proud of her elegant version and have my fingers crossed that it finds a wider audience. The video is showing on several video channels so keep an eye out for that. You can watch it online here:
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/yearwood_trisha/artist.jhtml
It was good news to hear that Cheap Trick is including “Dream The Night Away” on their upcoming album. Tom Petersson and I started writing that one several years back and he brought it in to the band and they eventually worked it up. I got to hear the final mix not long ago and was thoroughly knocked out with their recording. As a longtime Cheap Trick fan, I was just thrilled to hear them do it.. but I would have loved this it even if I had no stake in it whatsoever. Can’t wait for the album.. sometime this Spring.
I’ve also had recent cuts by Sal Valentino from The Beau Brummels, Pure Prairie League and The Animators.
Sal cut “For the Longest Time” that Peter Case and I co-wrote. It was a track on my last album, Back To Even. Freddie Krc from Austin produced and made a great sounding record.
http://www.fatpete.com/music/salvalentino_comeouttonight.php
Pure Prairie League is back with Craig Fuller as lead singer and songwriter. Craig wrote and sang their biggest hits, “Amie”,
“Angel” and “Falling In and Out of Love” during their heyday. To hear their new album you wouldn’t think any time has passed. Craig and I wrote a song a few years back called “Meant To Be” that’s included in this new record called “All In Good Time”.
http://www.pureprairieleague.com/
The Animators are a young band from New York City that I really like. I met Devon and Alex when they were in Nashville to write. Our co-written song, “Buy Buy” is on their new cd “Why We Fight”. I’m very proud to have a song on this record.
http://www.theanimators.com/
I’ve not been playing very many gigs as of late but I do have a few upcoming ones I’d like to mention.
THIS week (as I type this) I’m playing Nashville’s Bluebird Café twice. On Thursday (February 16th) with pals Swan Dive (Bill DeMain and Molly Felder) , Don Henry and Pat Buchanan. That will be a pop-friendly night for sure. I’m playing there again on Saturday night sitting in with old friend Pat Flynn (ex-New Grass Revival guitarist extraordinaire) and other Nashville songwriters, Fred Koller and Kent Blazy. Despite the same venue, these shows will be very different.. but both will be really fun.
I mentioned in the last update that I’m working now as Stringed Instrument Curator at The Country Music Hall of Fame. One of the perks of that job is that I’m allowed to help with some of the programming there. My first program is coming up this Saturday afternoon, February 18th. I’m hosting a salute to Nashville’s session players and the first guest is famed pedal steel guitarist, Lloyd Green. Here’s the press release:
NASHVILLE CATS TO PROWL
THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM
New Programming Series Kicks Off On Feb. 18 With Pedal Steel Legend Lloyd Green
NASHVILLE, Tenn., January 23, 2006 – On February 18, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum kicks off its new quarterly programming series, Nashville Cats: A Celebration of Music City Session Players, with a salute to revolutionary pedal steel player Lloyd Green. The 2:00 p.m. program, which will be held in the Museum’s Ford Theater, is included with Museum admission or $5 on its own, and is free to Museum members.
The interactive Nashville Cats programs, which will be hosted by noted artist/songwriter/musician and Museum stringed instrument curator Bill Lloyd, will include in-depth, one-on-one interviews with the players themselves; audio-visual elements, including vintage recordings, photos and film clips; and in some cases instrument demonstrations. Visitors will be encouraged to ask questions. Additional Nashville Cats programs will follow in June, August and November.
As a part of Nashville’s famed “A-Team” of session players, Green’s innovative pedal steel work has infused more than 25,000 songs – including 117 #1 hits – over the last 40 years. His signature groove graced some of the most famous recordings in the history of popular music, including Freddy Hart’s “Easy Loving,” Gene Watson’s “Farewell Party” and Tammy Wynette’s “D-I-V-O-R-C-E,” and non-Nashville artists from the Byrds to Paul McCartney have sought Green out to play with them.
The Alabama native started playing Hawaiian steel guitar when he was seven years old, and by age 10 Green was playing professionally around Mobile. When Green was 16, Bud Isaacs’ seminal pedal steel work on Webb Pierce’s “Slowly” captivated him, and he immediately modified his own steel guitar, attaching a Model T gas pedal.
In 1956, Green moved to Nashville and quickly landed a job in Faron Young’s band. In the mid-1960s Green began to make his mark as a session player, adding his licks to Johnny Paycheck’s recordings for the Little Darlin’ label. On these records, the steel co-stars with the vocal; in fact, Green’s name was printed on the record sleeves, the lone player credit.
Over the next 20 years, Green added his rich tones to thousands of Nashville’s finest recordings, one three-hour studio session at a time. When asked how he went about crystallizing his parts so efficiently and quickly, making lasting music from scratch and under duress, Green said, “The practice and the constancy were key . . . It never took me more than two or three minutes to figure out what I was going to do. Ideas would kind of pop out. I listened to the tempo, the singer, the ambience of the studio. I just let that be the food.”
Yes, I’m excited and it’s been a blast getting to know Lloyd Green. He and I only worked together one time previously when Robbie Fulks invited me to play some guitar on the Johnny Paycheck tribute he was producing. Lloyd played on the original Paycheck records and was great to work with. Talking at length with him about his amazing career is fascinating and certainly brings perspective. Lloyd and Lloyd will be doing some local radio interviews for the upcoming program but you may be able to link online since they’re both on radio giant, WSM.
Here’s when we’re on:
Lloyd Green and Bill Lloyd on WSM
Monday night February 13th 8-9 PM with Eddie Stubbs and
Wednesday morning February 15th at 9AM with Bill Cody.
I’ve continued to work with The First Amendment Center as music director for their Freedom Sings program over the last seven years. We’ve already done a few shows this year and there are more in the Spring. While these are private concerts, you can find out more about Freedom Sings here:
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/about.aspx?item=Freedom_Sings
Doing Freedom Sings has continued to be a valuable experience for me and I especially enjoy it when I hear the same from the people who see the show. The audience is usually made up of students or members of media groups that we play for. While it doesn’t particularly promote me or my own music, it feels like important work.
The Long Players have taken a short break but will be back performing another classic album sometime this Spring. We did Elvis Costello’s debut album, “My Aim Is True” in January and had, yet, another great night. Here was our lineup:
The Long Players celebrate Elvis Costello’s My Aim Is True
1. Welcome To The Working Week (Sam Powers of Superdrag)
2. Miracle Man (Tom Hambridge)
3. No Dancing (Tommy Lee James)
4. Blame It On Cain (Doug Powell from Swag)
5. Alison (Bobby Bare Jr.)
6. Sneaky Feelings (Jonell Mosser)
7. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes (Alex Call-from Clover)
8. Less Than Zero (Sam Baylor of Will & the Bushmen)
9. Mystery Dance (Bill Lloyd)
10. Pay It Back (Danny Flowers)
11. I'm Not Angry (Steve Allen)
12. Waiting For The End Of The World (Amelia White)
13. Watching The Detectives (Kent Agee)
I forgot to mention in the last update that The Long Players had backed Rosie Flores up on a Christmas song she wrote and recorded for a Christmas album that just came out at the end of the year. I feel terrible that I spaced out and didn’t promote this worthy record. In the spirit of “it’s never too late”, here’s a link to a great Americana-ish Christmas comp produced by Garry Tallent.
http://www.forkatessake.org/katewear.aspx
I’ve ALSO been producing a young band called The Secret from my old home town of Bowling Green, Kentucky. I love what they do.. it’s sort of a cross between a modern indy-sound and classic stuff like The Yardbirds and The Beatles. More on that when it’s a little closer to being ready..
So that about does it for now…
Thanks for dropping by.
Bill