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

From: Undead ; Year: 1968; Genre: Blues Rock/Jazz Rock Found another cover of this favourite of mine; this one comes from the first live album from Ten Years After. It's a very interesting take on the Gershwin classic, which is used as an introduction/overture for drummer Ric Lee's  Shantung Cabbage  drum solo.    Hear Summertime/Shantung Cabbage on YouTube.         My song pick 1 year ago today: War - Slowly We Walk Together     My song pick 2 years ago today: Normaal - Val Kapot     My song pick 3 years ago today: Brass Construction - Screwed (Conditions)   My song pick 4 years ago today: Procol Harum - Song for a Dreamer   My song pick 5 years ago today: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Watching Over You   My song pick 6 years ago today: The Charlie Daniels Band - The Devil Went Down To Georgia   My song pick 7 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Givin' It All Away My song pick 8 years ago t...

From: A Space In Time ; Year: 1971; Genre: Rock Yesterday I heard this song and I vaguely remember hearing it before. To be honest, the guitar is really the main draw for me but the rest is pretty good too. Hear Over the Hill on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: The Who - Sister Disco My song pick 2 years ago today: Pallas - Shock Treatment My song pick 3 years ago today: Marillion - Hooks in You My song pick 4 years ago today: Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity My song pick 5 years ago today: Queensrÿche - Breaking the Silence My song pick 6 years ago today: Aerosmith - Jaded My song pick 7 years ago today: Blind Faith - Had to Cry Today My song pick 8 years ago today: Jethro Tull - By Kind Permission Of My song pick 9 years ago today: Peter Gabriel - Down To Earth My song pick 10 years ago today: Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride My song pick 11 years ago today: Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee

From: A Space in Time ; Year: 1971; Genre: Blues Rock Well, it's another one of those days where a definite song pick idea is alluding me, but I didn't want to just go to my queue either. So anyway, finally some music from Ten Years After started playing in my head, and I thought I would go along with it. This is another great song off of one of their best albums. Hear Let the Sky Fall on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Rush - Animate My song pick two years ago today: War - The Cisco Kid My song pick three years ago today: Crosby, Stills & Nash - Wooden Ships My song pick four years ago today: Supertramp - Crime of the Century My song pick five years ago today: Rammstein - Benzin My song pick six years ago today: Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed - Cannonball Rag My song pick seven years ago today: The Moody Blues - The Voice My song pick eight years ago today: W. A. Mozart - K.620 - The Magic Flute (Queen of the Night Aria)

1478 Ten Years After - One of These Days From: A Space in Time , Year: 1971 Genre: Hard Rock/Blues This song has been running through my mind most of the day and it felt like a good Saturday pick to boot. It is the opening track to a truly awesome album; I absolutely love the raucous bluesy sound. Hear One of These Days on YouTube. Watch a live performance circa '75 on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Fairport Convention - Polly on the Shore My song pick two years ago today: The Guess Who - No Time My song pick three years ago today: Jerry Reed - Lord, Mr. Ford My song pick four years ago today: Nena - Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann +

This is another song that I have loved ever since I have first heard it. Mostly what got me into this band at first was the band's ominous name: Ten Years After. From what I understand, their name actually has to do with the band being fully established ten years after Elvis Presley's main success. This is probably their most famous song, however the band did have quite a few more hits to name as well. The subject matter of the song is a blur of events and issues facing the world at the time, especially conflict; it's a societal protest song of sorts. The music to the song is very much like the riff-heavy blues/rock of the time. Probably the most distinct part of this song other that the lyrics/singing is the excellent guitar work. Here is a fan video with the studio version on YouTube. Here is a neat video with the song and band footage on YouTube. +