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Episode 16: Bill Lloyd
With more than twenty albums to his credit, Bill has composed countless songs on his own as well as collaborating with a bevy of acclaimed co-writers like Marshall Crenshaw, Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick), Amy Rigby, Graham Gouldman (10cc), Freedy Johnston, Rusty Young (Poco), Bill DeMain, Craig Fuller (Pure Prairie League), Peter Case (The Plimsouls), Dan Baird (Georgia Satellites), Beth Nielsen Chapman, David Surface, and Radney Foster (Foster & Lloyd). We've provided some Spotify links for you below. You can purchase Bill Lloyd's songs digitally through iTunes and the like. If you'd prefer physical product, many of Bill's albums are available on CD at BillLloydMusic.net and a few are available at SpyderPop.com. Photo by Steve Boyle. My thanks to Chipper Saam of Indie Pop Takeout for introducing me to Mr. Lloyd's music and suggesting him for the show. Also, my thanks to Bill for his invaluable help with this page.
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| SOLO ALBUMS | Album | Artist | Producer | Song | |
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Feeling the Elephant (1986) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
This Very Second
(Bill Lloyd) Nothing Comes Close (Bill Lloyd) Lisa Anne (Bill Lloyd) |
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Set To Pop (1994) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
I Went Electric (Bill Lloyd) S.W.A.T. Team of Love (Bill Lloyd) Anything Less Than Love (Bill Lloyd) A Beautiful Lie (Bill Lloyd, David Surface) |
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Confidence Is High Plus 4 (1995) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
When the Green Room Turns to Blue (Bill Lloyd, Marvin Etzioni) (YouTube audio) | |
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Standing On the Shoulders of Giants (1999) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd Co-Produced by Scott Baggett & Others |
Standing On the Shoulders
of Giants
(Bill Lloyd) Cool and Gone (Bill Lloyd, David Surface) Holding Back the Waterfall (Bill Lloyd, Marshall Crenshaw) She Won't Be Back (Bill Lloyd) |
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Back
to Even (2004) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd Co-Produced by Scott Baggett |
Back to Even
(Bill Lloyd, Don Henry) Dancing With the Past (Bill Lloyd, Beth Nielsen Chapman) I Got It Bad (Bill Lloyd, Steve Allen) The World is a Different Place Without You (Bill Lloyd) For the Longest Time (Bill Lloyd, Peter Case) Oasis (Bill Lloyd) |
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Boy King of Tokyo (2012) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
Boy King of Tokyo was conceived
as a pure solo album, with Bill writing all the songs and playing all the
instruments.
Boy King of Tokyo
(Bill Lloyd)
Let It Slide (Bill Lloyd)
The Best Record Ever Made
(Bill Lloyd)
Indubitably (Bill Lloyd) Chet's Right Hand, Man (Bill Lloyd) |
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Working the Long Game (2018) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
Satellite
(Bill Lloyd, Freedy Johnston) What Time Won't Heal (Bill Lloyd, Graham Gouldman) Wake Up Call (Bill Lloyd, Jan Scarborough) 'Til the Day I Break Down (Bill Lloyd, David Surface) |
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The Day After Christmas EP () |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
The Day After Christmas
(Bill Lloyd) Out of Season (Bill Lloyd, Pat Buchanan) |
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| COMPS, ETC. | Album Title | Artist | Producer | Description | |
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Horizontal Hold (1989-1999) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
"Recorded 1989 - 1999 in Nashville TN. ...Home studio recordings, session demos and even an out-take or two. ...The closest thing I’ll ever get to compiling a record that would fall in line with the music I’ve made in Nashville for “country.” ...There’s still a good bit of rock & pop influences but this batch is definitely rootsier than any of my other solo stuff." | |
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All In One Place (2001) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
Originals mixed in with tribute covers that were released on separate albums, most of which are no longer available. Includes tributes to The Raspberries, The Hollies, Bobby Fuller, Nilsson, Badfinger and Todd Rundgren, | |
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Slide Show (2005) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
A career
overview of Bill Lloyd songs, released only in Japan. “..,fifteen selected tracks from 1984 clear
through 2004... stellar collection.” -- Gary Pig Gold Lost In the Grooves |
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Reset2014 (2014) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
The 20-year anniversary of Bill's album, "Set to Pop," with bonus tracks | |
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Lloyd-ering (2016) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill's first CD for Texas-based Spyderpop Records was a collection of covers that includes songs by The Beatles, Byrds, Todd Rundgren, Lovin’ Spoonful and others. | |
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It's Happening Now (2017) |
Bill Lloyd |
Bill Lloyd |
An all-acoustic album that echoes classic acoustic pop and folk sounds like Bookends, Rubber Soul and Apple Venus | |
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2GTRSBSDRMS(2019) |
Bill Lloyd & The Tallyman |
Bill Lloyd, Jonathan Bright |
Captures Lloyd and his rocking’ combo running through a set of his songs
at the world class Blackbird Studio in Nashville. Hi-fi pop rock
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| DUOS / GROUPS | Album Title | Artist | Producer | Description | |
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Foster & Lloyd (1987) |
Foster & Lloyd |
Foster & Lloyd |
Country
pop duo,
Foster & Lloyd's debut album on RCA records reached #33 on
the Billboard Country Albums chart, and featured three top
ten singles: Crazy Over You (Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd) #4 What Do You Want From Me This Time? (Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd) #6 Sure Thing (Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd) #8 |
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Faster & Llouder (1989) |
Foster & Lloyd |
Foster & Lloyd, Rick Will |
Foster &
Lloyd's 2nd RCA album features the top 5 hit, "Fair Shake." Fair Shake (Foster & Lloyd, Guy Clark) |
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Version of the Truth (1990) |
Foster & Lloyd |
Foster & Lloyd, Rick Will, Josh Leo |
F&L's 3rd album for RCA includes the Grammy
nominated instrumental, "Whoa!," which features an all-star lineup of
Duane Eddy, Felix Cavilliere, Garry Tallent, Albert Lee, Rusty Young and
R.S. Field alongside Foster & Lloyd. Whoa! (Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd) |
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It's Already Tomorrow (2011) |
Foster & Lloyd |
Foster & Lloyd, _______ |
In 2011, Bill
Lloyd and Radney Foster
recorded
this reunion album on their own "Effin' El" label. It's Already Tomorrow (YouTube video) |
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From Out of the Blue (2000) |
The Sky Kings |
The Sky Kings with Rob Feaster |
The Sky Kings was a country supergroup consisting of Bill Lloyd, Pat Simmons (The Doobie Brothers), Rusty Young (Poco) and John Cowan (New Grass Revival). Their second album was recorded for Warner Brothers Nashville in 1996-7, but went unreleased until Rhino Handmade made it available in 2000. |
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Paparazzi (2004) |
Jamie Hoover Bill Lloyd |
Jamie Hoover, Bill Lloyd |
A Bill Lloyd
collaboration with Jamie Hoover & Dennis Diken with
"...plenty of Big Star jangles and Beatlesque vocal harmonies on display."
-- Fred Mills Magnet #62 Feb. 2004 |
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1992 (2014) |
The Sky Kings |
Josh Leo with Larry Michael Lee and The Sky Kings |
Recorded for RCA in 1992 but unreleased at the time, The Sky Kings' first album was finally offered for digital sale in 2014 by Sony Music Entertainment |
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Project: Ghost Outfit (2019) |
Project: Ghost Outfit |
Project: Ghost Outfit with Steve Marcantonio |
"Project: Ghost Outfit is a collection of friends having some fun writing songs together, recording them, and,,, eventually... letting everyone else in on the music they made." Featuring Bill Lloyd, Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick), Adam Shoenfeld (Sun Kat, with Katie Cook), and Keith Brogdon (Bare Jr., Foster & Lloyd). | |
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The Long Players |
N/A | The Long Players is a tribute band with rotating musicians and singers, led by founder BIll Lloyd, which periodically performs classic albums, in sequence, live. They also play music theme nights. Watch their videos. | |
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Catchy,
jangle harmonies, killer chord changes and tasty power pop licks ─
raised in Nashville but smitten by the sounds of Liverpool and beyond
─ that's
the music of songwriter and primo guitarist, Bill Lloyd.
