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

From: Battle Hymn ; Year: 1971; Genre: Rock This song just felt like a good song for today; I love the mix of light and heavier music on this one. Hear Gentle Rain on YouTube.   My song pick 1 year ago today: Eddie Money - Walk on Water My song pick 2 years ago today: Dayton Sidewinders - Go Ahead On My song pick 3 years ago today: Victor Wooten - I Saw God My song pick 4 years ago today: Melvins - A History of Bad Men My song pick 5 years ago today: Wild Turkey - Ballad of Chuck Stallion and the Mustangs My song pick 6 years ago today: Nick Gilder - Here Comes the Night My song pick 7 years ago today: Billy Joel - She's Always a Woman My song pick 8 years ago today: Richard Wagner - WWV 90 - Liebestod (from " Tristian und Isolde ") My song pick 9 years ago today: Coven - Wicked Woman My song pick 10 years ago today: Pink Floyd - In the Flesh? My song pick 11 years ago today: Joachim Witt and Peter Heppner - Die Flut My song pick 12 years ago today...

From: Turkey ; Year: 1972; Genre: Hard Rock/Progressive Rock Over the past week the band Wild Turkey has been popping up off and on on my phone's playlist, so I figured I should take the hint and pick another one from the band. This one's got that great early 70's heavy edge with a lot of musicianship and technicality to boot. Hear A Universal Man on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: War - The World is a Ghetto My song pick two years ago today: Megadeth - The Scorpion My song pick three years ago today: Midnight Oil - Power and the Passion My song pick four years ago today: David Bowie - Magic Dance My song pick five years ago today: ZZ Top - Sleeping Bag My song pick six years ago today: Fleetwood Mac - Hypnotized My song pick seven years ago today: Les Paul and Mary Ford - Whispering My song pick eight years ago today: Rush - The Pass My song pick nine years ago today: Days of the New - The Down Town My song pick ten years ago today...

From: Turkey ; Year: 1972; Genre: Progress Rock Happy Thanksgiving! Couldn't come up with an apropos pick, so I just thought I'd pick one from a band with an appropriate name instead. This is the longest track on the album, just coming in at under 8 minutes, making it I guess the "magnum opus" of the album. Hear Eternal Mother - The Return on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Warren Zevon - Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song) My song pick two years ago today: Danzig - Twist of Cain My song pick three years ago today: Humble Pie - Black Coffee My song pick four years ago today: Pallas - The Cross & the Crucible My song pick five years ago today: Nirvana - Come As You Are My song pick six years ago today: Hawkwind - Space Chase My song pick seven years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Four Wheel Drive My song pick eight years ago today: Savatage - When the Crowds are Gone My song pick nine years ago today: Joe Walsh - Ordin...

From: Battle Hymn ; Year: 1971; Genre: Hard Rock Have been meaning on picking this song for the last little bit and finally gotten around to it. When I put Battle Hymn on I still cannot believe how criminal it was that the record, (or the band for that matter), never got the attention it deserved. Anyway, Butterfly is a perfect opening track for some album oriented rock; it hits fast and hard right out of the gate. Those twin guitars playing lead along with the bass make it a really strong track. Hear Butterfly on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Waylander - Lámh Dearg My song pick two years ago today: Bob James - Main Theme From Star Trek: The Motion Picture My song pick three years ago today: Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song My song pick four years ago today: Buddy Holly & The Crickets- It's So Easy My song pick five years ago today: Johnny Cash - My Grandfather's Clock My song pick six years ago today: Ralfe Band - 1500 Years My song pick...

From: Battle Hymn ; Year: 1971; Genre: Hard Rock I love the way this one has unique sections that are put well together; makes for a great song to listen to. Hear One Sole Survivor on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Porcupine Tree - Arriving Somewhere But Not Here My song pick two years ago today: The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It/See Me Feel Me My song pick three years ago today: Chet Atkins - Funky Junk My song pick four years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - Overdrive My song pick five years ago today: The Doors - Light My Fire My song pick six years ago today: Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds My song pick seven years ago today: Jethro Tull - Grace My song pick eight years ago today: John Denver - Season Suite: Summer My song pick nine years ago today: The Steve Miller Band - The Window

From: Turkey ; Year: 1972; Genre: Hard Rock Had this one come one whilst coming home last night; it's one of the only singles from the band. To my ear it has a sound a wee bit like the band Small Faces, but not too close. I love the way this one flows and the feeling they put in it. Hear Good Old Days on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Stuart Hamm - Terminal Beach My song pick two years ago today: James Brown - Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto My song pick three years ago today: The Police - So Lonely My song pick four years ago today: Ben E. King - Stand By Me My song pick five years ago today: Jethro Tull - Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow My song pick six years ago today: Nightwish - Wishmaster My song pick seven years ago today: The Violent Femmes - Color Me Once My song pick eight years ago today: The Who - Eminence Front My song pick nine years ago today: John Fogerty - Almost Saturday Night

From: Turkey ; Year: 1972; Genre: Rock/Hard Rock After hearing them yesterday while out and about I decided on picking another one of their songs. As with much of this album, the sound of this song reminds me a bit of the sound of the band Small Faces, but just a bit. Hear Ballad of Chuck Stallion and the Mustangs on YouTube. My song pick one year ago today: Nick Gilder - Here Comes the Night My song pick two years ago today: Billy Joel - She's Always a Woman My song pick three years ago today: Richard Wagner - WWV 90 - Liebestod (from " Tristian und Isolde ") My song pick four years ago today: Coven - Wicked Woman My song pick five years ago today: Pink Floyd - In the Flesh? My song pick six years ago today: Joachim Witt and Peter Heppner - Die Flut My song pick seven years ago today: Jim Croce - You Don't Mess Around With Jim My song pick eight years ago today: Canned Heat - On The Road Again

From: Battle Hymn ; Year: 1971; Genre: Folk Rock Last night I had a few songs from Wild Turkey running through my mind and I took it as a sign I should pick one of them. This is one of the prettier and more mellow tracks on the album done in a folkish, acoustic style. Hear Dulwich Fox on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Asia - Don't Cry My song pick two years ago today: Queen - Somebody to Love My song pick three years ago today: Rush (Neil Peart) - O Baterista (Drum Solo) My song pick four years ago today: Hawkwind - Zarozinia My song pick five years ago today: Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City My song pick six years ago today: The Wallflowers - One Headlight

From: Battle Hymn ; Year: 1971; Genre: Hard Rock I've been meaning to pick another song from Wild Turkey for a bit now; it seems like a good day to do so. This is the title-track off of their '71 debut album, and it's one of the best on the record as well in my opinion. Hear Battle Hymn on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Johann Strauss I - Op. 154 - Lorelei Rhein Klänge My song pick two years ago today: Puhdys - Hier Oben My song pick three years ago today: Rush - Circumstances My song pick four years ago today: Rammstein - Du Hast My song pick five years ago today: Jethro Tull - Sunshine Day

1265 Wild Turkey - Sentinel I was thinking about the band Wild Turkey this morning and I figured I should pick on of their songs today; yet another excellent band that I have neglected thus far. This track is a rather nice blend of Progressive and Hard Rock with maybe a tinge of Psychedelia thrown in for good measure; it comes off their debut album: Battle Hymn , which came out in 1971. Hear Sentinel on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: KISS - She My song pick two years ago today: Hawkwind - Assault and Battery/The Golden Void My song pick three years ago today: Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart +