William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: Not of This Earth ; Year: 1986; Genre: Hard Rock Was intending on choosing one from another artist that Joe Satriani collaborates with, but instead went with him after listening to this record one more. Whilst this hard rocking guitar instrumental has al the virtuosity of the legend himself, it is still one that is easily digestible auditorily to those not as much into such virtuosity.   Hear Driving at Night on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Big Maybelle - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On   My song pick 2 years ago today: The Coasters - Run Red Run   My song pick 3 years ago today: Return to Forever - After the Cosmic Rain   My song pick 4 years ago today: Nazareth - This Flight Tonight   My song pick 5 years ago today: Sam Cooke - Wonderful World My song pick 6 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - For The Weekend My song pick 7 years ago today: Jethro Tull - Lights Out My song pick 8 years ago today: Larry G...

From: Hey Stoopid ; Year: 1991; Genre: Hard Rock/Metal I saw an Alice Cooper concert on the television the other day and Hey Stoopid was one of the songs that he and his band played. I had not heard it in ages and I loved hearing it again; so I thought I'd go ahead and pick it. Hear Hey Stoopid on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again My song pick two years ago today: Jefferson Airplane - Plastic Fantastic Lover My song pick three years ago today: Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself My song pick four years ago today: Muse - Explorers My song pick five years ago today: The Pretenders - Middle of the Road My song pick six years ago today: U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name My song pick seven years ago today: Uriah Heep - Wizard My song pick eight years ago today: Queen - Bicycle Race My song pick nine years ago today: The Doors - Love Me Two Times

From: Surfing with the Alien ; Year: 1987; Genre: Instrumental/Hard Rock When going over in my mind about what song I would pick today I had this rather peppy instrumental start running through my mind; I thought it would make a great pick. Hear Satch Boogie on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Fates Warning - One Thousand Fires My song pick two years ago today: Dick Dale - Bandito My song pick three years ago today: Dream Theater - A Nightmare to Remember My song pick four years ago today: Bob Marley & the Wailers - Jamming My song pick five years ago today: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Crossfire My song pick six years ago today: 4 Non Blondes - What's Up? My song pick Seven years ago today: Jethro Tull - ...And The Mouse Police Never Sleeps

1503 Chickenfoot - Lighten Up From: Chickenfoot III , Year: 2011 Genre: Rock/Hard Rock I've been meaning to pick a song from this band for a while now and I guess today I'll do just that. They've been all over the media lately due to the release of their new album, so I figured I would sample it and see what it was all about. This was one of the songs off of the album that I happened to like, so I'm making it my pick today. Hear Lighten Up on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Aerosmith - Dream On My song pick two years ago today: Rush - One Little Victory My song pick three years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Fortunate Son My song pick four years ago today: Franz Schubert - Op. 1 - Der Erlkönig " The ErlKing " +

1435 Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien From: Surfing With The Alien , Year: 1987 Genre: Rock I had no idea what I was going to pick this morning. I realized that I had not chosen a Joe Satriani yet; wow 1434 songs into this voyage and no Joe Satriani? Shame on me. Okay, so here's one of my favourites; it's essentially a 4:00 bombastic guitar solo: pure awesomeness. Hear Surfing With The Alien on YouTube. Watch a live performance on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: The Moody Blues - The Dream My song pick two years ago today: Azteca - What'cha Gonna Do? My song pick three years ago today: Slaughter - Fly to the Angels +

836 ( Stuart Hamm - Flow My Tears ) Quite a few years ago I was trying to find out who were the "screamers" on bass playing behind many of the guitar greats' solo albums, mostly Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. I discovered that one of those bassists was the legendary Stu Hamm. After going over his discography I ran across one Stu Hamm solo album in particular that caught my attention for one main reason: the album's title and some of the songs made reference to some of Philip K. Dick's works, who is one of my favorite Sci-Fi/Post Modern authors. The album's name, Radio Free Albemuth is actually name of one of his books, which was published posthumously a few years before this album was released. This song, Flow My Tears , is also a reference to one of his more famous and award winning Sci-Fi works: Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said ; the title was itself a reference to the 16th century piece of music credited to John Dowland; Flow My Tears . It is amazing to see...