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Billy
- a note for Bill Champlin 2. Come Back Baby - Tim and Bill sing! 3. Lover of my Life - Bill and Tamara Champlin on background vocals |
Rare PHOTOS of the very young original Sons at the "Sing me a Rainbow" recording session.
The songs "Billy", "Come Back Baby", and "Lover of My Life"
are three cuts from my 1988 album "Crocodile".
Along with 6 other songs, they were recorded from 1985 to 1988
at Dick Mithun's brand new recording studio,"The Site" in Lucas Valley, Marin County, CA.
They were produced by Dick Mithun and Geoff Palmer, and Engineered by Duane Aslaksen.
"Billy"
Keyboards & Sax: Tim Cain
Piano & Hammond B3: Geoff Palmer
Guitars: Duane Aslaksen, Bill Burgess
Bass: Nathan East
Drums: John Robinson
Background vocals: Tim Cain and Rasberry Moon
This was written in 1983 when I heard Bill's "Runaway" album. At the
time I was still living at Trinity, the Humboldt County commune that we
founded (with 3 other families) way out in the Six Rivers National
Forest in Northern California. I went there with my young family in
1970 after I dropped out of the Sons. We lived there for 14 years, until
we moved to Kauai in 1984. Anyway, "Billy" is a brotherly love song.
I've always admired Bill's monster talent and wished that I could sing
as well as him, but as much as I tried I still sounded like me - you
know, just like an average person. The first time that I heard Bill
sing was at Brown's Hall in Mill Valley, and just like you I was blown
away by the great character of that voice. We became bandmates in 1962
(Opposite Six) and were together all the time until 1970.
"Come Back Baby"
Vocals: Tim Cain, Bill Champlin
Sax solos: Tim Cain
Guitars: Terry Haggerty, Dave Westerbeke
Hammond B3: John Allair
Synthesizer: Geoff Palmer
Horns: Tim Cain, Geoff Palmer, Dan Regan, Marvin McFadden
Bass: Neil Stubenhaus
Drums: John Robinson
Background Vocals: Bill and Tamara Champlin, Carmen Grillo
Not much to explain here. It was an honor to have Bill sing lead with
me. It was kind of a wild and wooly session, and we all had a great
time. It was good to see Terry again.
"Lover of My Life"
Keyboards: Tim Cain, Bill Champlin, Dick Mithun
Sax: Tim Cain
Bass: Neil Stubenhaus
Drums: John Robinson
Background Vocals: Bill Champlin
I wrote this song in Kauai for my beautiful wife Rasberry Moon, also
known as Gai Cain. We've been together for 25 years and she's made it
all possible. I'd probably still be living under a rock if it wasn't for her.
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