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

From: Big Towne, 2061 ; Year: 1976; Genre: Rock This is actually a pretty cool one with a lot of neat musical ideas and instrumentation, which in my opinion borders almost toward progressive rock.     Hear Janie on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: Rush - The Stars Look Down   My song pick 2 years ago today: Bob Welch - Outskirts My song pick 3 years ago today: Jerry Reed - Take It Easy (In Your Mind) My song pick 4 years ago today: Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal My song pick 5 years ago today: Return to Forever - Flight of the Newborn My song pick 6 years ago today: Hawkwind - Choose Your Masques My song pick 7 years ago today: Rush - Force Ten My song pick 8 years ago today: Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) - Someday Never Comes My song pick 9 years ago today: Pink Floyd - Time My song pick 10 years ago today: Rammstein - Amerika My song pick 11 years ago today: Cream - White Room My song pick 12 years ago today: Ste...

From: Big Towne, 2061 ; Year: 1976; Genre: Hard Rock Kind of just picking a random song today; nothing really on my mind at the moment. This straight-up rocker from Bob Welch's Paris felt pretty good to pick. Hear Heart of Stone on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Mudhoney - Empty Shells My song pick 2 years ago today: Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama My song pick 3 years ago today: Alice in Chains - Sea of Sorrow My song pick 4 years ago today: Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin) - Summertime My song pick 5 years ago today: Genesis - Seven Stones My song pick 6 years ago today: Stuart Hamm - Call of the Wild My song pick 7 years ago today: Wilson Pickett - Funk Factory My song pick 8 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Life Still Goes On (I'm Lonely) My song pick 9 years ago today: Nirvana - In Bloom My song pick 10 years ago today: Static X - I'm With Stupid My song pick 11 years ago today: Ian Anders...

From: Big Towne, 2061 ; Year: 1976; Genre: Rock/Hard Rock For about a week now I've had a bunch of Bob Welch's music on my mind, so I thought it would be a good choice on this Saturday. This is the opening track from the second and final album of the supergroup Paris. It's not the best song on the album, but it's definitely an attention getter and a good straight up hard rocker. Hear Blue Robin on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Dick Dale - Third Stone From the Sun My song pick two years ago today: Blue Öyster Cult - The Revenge of Vera Gemini My song pick three years ago today: Queen - Ride the Wild Wind My song pick four years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Enter Maurice My song pick five years ago today: Mastodon - Capillarian Crest My song pick six years ago today: Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie My song pick seven years ago today: Rammstein - Frühling in Paris My song pick eight years ago today: Jethro Tull - A Small Cigar M...

From: Big Towne, 2061 , Year: 1976; Genre: Rock Going random today with my pick and came up with this rather hard and funky track from Bob Welch's short-lived but ever so bright power trio Paris. This music just goes down easy, there's really no other way to describe it; just plays well in many situations, but I happen to prefer headphones. Hear 1 in 10 on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Jethro Tull - Look Into the Sun My song pick two years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Free Wheelin' My song pick three years ago today: Rush - Limbo My song pick four years ago today: Stevie Wonder - Superstition My song pick five years ago today: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul To Squeeze My song pick six years ago today: Electric Light Orchestra - Fire On High My song pick seven years ago today: The Polyphonic Spree - It's The Sun

From: Paris ; Year: 1976; Genre: Rock I was thinking about the song to pick today and after considering a couple of others I came up with this one; this is one of the better songs on Paris' debut album. Hear Starcage on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Soundgarden - Big Dumb Sex My song pick two years ago today: King Crimson - Cirkus, Including: Entry of the Chameleons My song pick three years ago today: The Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By My song pick four years ago today: Blink-182 - Adam's Song My song pick five years ago today: Pink Floyd - Us And Them My song pick six years ago today: Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein

From: Paris ; Year: 1976; Genre: Rock For no reason whatsoever I felt like picking something from Paris this morning. I haven't picked anything off of their first album yet; I've actually picked two from the band thus far off of the second record. It's neat hearing Bob Welch's music just after leaving Fleetwood Mac; the rest of the power trio forms out with Glenn Cornick on bass and Thom Mooney on drums.  Hear Red Rain on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Nocturnal Rites - Destiny Calls My song pick two years ago today: The Who - Going Mobile My song pick three years ago today: Louis Armstrong - The Blues are Brewin' My song pick four years ago today: The Beatles - Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End My song pick five years ago today: Bruce Hornsby & the Range - The Way It Is My song pick six years ago today: The Charlie Daniels Band - In America

From: Big Towne, 2061 ; Year: 1976; Genre: Rock Ever since his suicide a couple of months ago I've been getting more and more into Bob Welch's music. Before his death I was a definite fan of his music, I just guess that since it happened I've been more appreciative of what he left behind. Anyway, this one comes from his band Paris, which was one of his post Fleetwood Mac bands. It's a pretty straight-forward song; at times this one reminds me just a wee bit of Santana musically. Hear Pale Horse, Pale Rider on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Stuart Hamm - Simple Dreams My song pick two years ago today: Albert Hammond - It Never Rains In Southern California My song pick three years ago today: Band of Horses - Islands on the Coast My song pick four years ago today: Jim Croce - Roller Derby Queen +

From: Bare Trees ; Year: 1972; Genre: Rock Yesterday I heard on the radio that, sadly, Bob Welch died from an apparent suicide ; from what I have heard he was suffering from some health issues. I've always been a fan of Bob Welch and his music, even before I knew it was him that performed the songs I heard. Just like me, many others might not know about him, but have heard his music as well. He is mostly known for his stint with Fleetwood Mac after Peter Green left and just before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined. While he didn't see as much success with Fleetwood Mac as they did or get the accolades, he was every bit as good. I, personally remember hearing most of his music from either his "supergroup" Paris or from his subsequent solo career in particular. His solo career was doing well at the time I was young and listened to the radio a lot, thus I ended up hearing his music a lot. While I'm not a big fan of this song in particular, I thought...

1505 Paris - Big Towne, 2061 From: Big Towne, 2061 , Year: 1976 Genre: Hard Rock/Funk It's Friday, so I'm making a Funky Friday pick. This is, of course, the title track off of what was Paris' second and final album. Apparently it wasn't too long after this album that the band broke up. Many have probably never heard of this '70s power trio/supergroup; it hasn't gotten as much attention as deserved. Paris consisted of: Bob Welch from Fleetwood Mac on guitar and vocals, Glenn Cornick from Jethro Tull on Bass and Keyboards, and Hunt Sales, from some of Todd Rundgren's projects on drums. From what I've read, Hunt Sales was also the son of legendary comedian Soupy Sales . Later in his career he also played with Iggy Pop along with his brother bassist Tony Sales as well as the band Tin Machine among others. Here is the studio version on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You My song pick two ye...