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

From: Keep On Dancin'/You (Single) ; Year: 1977; Genre: Soul I really, really wish that Luther Davis Jr. and his band would have released more; unless I discover more this will be my final pick from the Luther Davis Group. As far as I am aware they only released two singles, with this being the B-Side of the first, so four songs total. Of course they've appeared on a couple compilation album, which is how I discovered the singles/b-sides, but those were the a-sides. Anyway, this one is a bit less funky and more of a tender, soulful love song that reminds me very much of the Chilites or the Defonics with the awesome vocal harmonies, but they still command their own sound.   Hear You on YouTube.       My song pick 1 year ago today: Steve Vai - The X-Equilibrium Dance   My song pick 2 years ago today: Willie Nelson & Ray Price - Crazy Arms   My song pick 3 years ago today: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On   My song pick 4 years ago today: Funkadelic -...

From: Keep on Dancing (single); Year: 1978; Genre: Funk/Soul I've been in to Luther Davis Group's music for quite a bit now, but it's kind of difficult to find, so I was really happy when I found this one on YouTube. A very unique sounding piece of funk with this one, and all of Luther Davis' music for that matter. Hear Keep On Dancing on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Tarot - Wings of Darkness My song pick two years ago today: John Denver - Shanghai Breezes My song pick three years ago today: Aphrodite's Child - The Beast My song pick four years ago today: Duran Duran - Lonely In Your Nightmare My song pick five years ago today: Jethro Tull - Dogs in the Midwinter My song pick six years ago today: John Denver - Season Suite: Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes To Mexico) My song pick seven years ago today: César Antonovich Cui - Orientale

From: You Can Be a Star (single); Year: 2003 (1979); Genre: Funk/Soul I'm up to 54 Funky Friday picks in a row consecutive and it felt like a great day for another one from Luther Davis Group; this one's the b-side off of the You Can Be a Star single and, likethe a-side is very upbeat piece of funk. Hear To Be Free on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Pearls Before Swine - Another Time My song pick two years ago today: Sir Arthur Sullivan - The Lost Chord My song pick three years ago today: Jimi Hendrix - Machine Gun My song pick four years ago today: Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli (Quintette du Hot Club de France) featuring Freddy Taylor - After You've Gone My song pick five years ago today: The Beatles - Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) My song pick six years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Commotion My song pick seven years ago today: Don Henley - Boys of Summer

From: You Can Be a Star (single); Year: 2003 (1979); Genre: Funk/Soul It's another Friday and also my 18th Funky Friday in a row. This is one that has been on my mind off and on for a bit now and thought I would use it for just such an occasion. I don't know much about the Luther Davis Group or this song, but it's an incredibly fun, feel-good song to listen to and one I like a lot. Hear You Can Be a Star on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Megadeth - Hangar 18 My song pick two years ago today: Black 47 - Different Drummer My song pick three years ago today: Band of Horses - The First Song My song pick four years ago today: Forest - A Glade Somewhere My song pick five years ago today: Weather Report - Teen Town My song pick six years ago today: Johann Sebastian Bach - BWV 1068 - Orchestral Suite No.3 in D-Major, " Air "