Everything over the last fifty years. I feel fortunate to have lived through a golden age of popular song. The Beatles. The Byrds. The Who. The Kinks. The Rolling Stones. Bob Dylan. Burt Bacharach. The Beach Boys. Joni Mitchell. Elvis Costello. John Prine. Hank Williams. The Mills Brothers. Chuck Berry. Neil Young. This list could go on..
BILL LLOYD Channeling The King (1994) Video Producer / Director: Steve Boyle
Sounds Like
A singer-songwriter with one foot in classic pop/rock and another in rootsy Americana.
Give it a listen and see what you think..
Bill Lloyd is a Nashville based songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer who is most often remembered as half of the late ‘80’s RCA country-rock duo, Foster and Lloyd. Lloyd’s diverse musical activities include working as a producer (ranging from Carl Perkins to MTV reality show indie-rockers, The Secret), a session player (from Brit-pop icons like Ray Davies of The Kinks and Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze to country legends like Buck Owens and Steve Earle), a sideman (Poco, Marshall Crenshaw and with Cheap Trick when they perform The Beatles Sgt. Pepper with orchestra) and as a songwriter (with songs cut by Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Sara Evans, Keith Anderson, Hootie and the Blowfish and many more). He has recorded a string of critically acclaimed solo records that blend his melodic power pop sensibility with finely tuned song craft. During his stint as the Stringed Instrument Curator at The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, he created the quarterly series Nashville Cats, that he continues to host. He’s the music director for the First Amendment Center in Nashville. He also organized and plays in Nashville’s high concept cover band, The Long Players recently profiled on NPR’s All Things Considered.
Hi Bill! I was @ 3rd and Lindsley the other night for Webb's show...sorry we had to scoot before ya'll took the stage...I was supposed to give you Bun E's regards but, it was crazy busy for you guys getting set up so, we'll catch you next time we're in Nashvegas! thanks for the friend add....rock on~K@T
"Something" was awesome last night!! Wow - two of my favorites together Bill Lloyd and Cheap Trick - thanks for an incredible night. Would have traded Mr. Kite for Back to Even though!
Good news! The brand new powerpopcompilation "Souvenirs" is being released this week! It contains 21 great North American powerpop tracks from 1975-95. You can hear three of the songs that just have been uploaded on our Myspage page. The CD also contains a previously unreleased song by the great Canadian band Pointed Sticks recorded in the late 70..s. It is availabe from Not Lame Records and Kool Kat Musik, and it will very soon be available from CD Baby.
Hey Bill – Thanks for making THE LONG PLAYERS perform PRINCE Purple Rain one of our best shows ever! The HD video of your performance is now online. You can view the show at http://www.thelongplayers.com Thanks again for making this a fantastic show!!
I know the last thing you want to do when you're not playing your own show is to go to another show... but if you're free Saturday night... & interested... come have a beer with us.
First, let me start by saying thank you for adding me as your friend on myspace! I really enjoy meeting new people and others in the music industry, too. I'm just starting out, but am focused on songwriting and guitar. This is it for me, it's what I want to do. I hope you enjoy my music and please stop by my page anytime! Always Rockin' - Brad
Hey Bill – Thanks for your great performance with The Long Players! You can watch video of the show in glorious HD at http://www.thelongplayers.com or at the TLP MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/longplayersnashville. Thanks again for making it a great night and a wonderful performance!!
Hey Bill – Thanks for your great performance of BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Born To Run with THE LONG PLAYERS! You can watch video of the show in glorious HD at http://www.thelongplayers.com or at the TLP MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/longplayersnashville. Thanks again for making it a great night and giving a wonderful performance!!
