Anything on this 1999 release would sound great on AM radio in 1975 along with Big Star (like they would've gotten on radio). It's a cruel world that Bill Lloyd isn't more well known. These songs are definately driven by Lloyd's Rickenbacker and intelligent songwriting. The influences are obvious (Hence the title of the lp) and paying homage to those who blazed the trail is always a good thing...
Bill Lloyd has got it all. Successful songwriter, EXCELLENT guitarist, good vocalist. So...how come no one knows who he is? I found out about him through an article in Goldmine, having never heard of him before.Bill started out as a songwriter in the Country genre with his partner Radney Foster. After writing a hit for the Sweethearts Of The Rodeo ("Since I Found You"), Foster and Lloyd were of...