Artist: Bill Lloyd
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #53 Sept-Oct 2004
Bill Lloyd – Back to Even
When the rootsy-pop Mount Rushmore is constructed, Bill Lloyd will be holding down the George Washington slot. (My tabletop mock-up has Marshall “Abe” Crenshaw as the other bookend; the Tom and Ted slots remain open.) Many folks’ introduction to Lloyd came courtesy of the mid-’80s country duo Foster & Lloyd, but he started out in [...]
Miked - Live Reviews from Issue #34 July-Aug 2001
Cowboy Jack Clement / Bill Lloyd / Billy Burnette / Shawn Camp – Bluebird Café (Nashville, TN)
The genius of Cowboy Jack Clement has been revealed mostly through others’ voices. Clement was the first to record Jerry Lee Lewis and Roy Orbison at Sun Records, and he produced historically significant sessions for Johnny Cash, Sonny Burgess, Charlie Rich, Waylon Jennings, Charley Pride, Townes Van Zandt and others. His songs have been cut [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #21 May-June 1999
Bill Lloyd – Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants
If Bill Lloyd’s Set To Pop stands as one of the most glorious pop records of the ’90s, his latest, coming five years later, proves he hasn’t lost his touch. Indeed, he’s honed his smart songcraft even further. Lloyd cut his teeth, of course, as half of the country-rock duo Foster & Lloyd, a late-’80s [...]
The Long Way Around - Feature from Issue #4 Summer 1996
Bill Lloyd – With his new band the Sky Kings, Bill Lloyd builds a bridge between the country charts’ higher ground and the power-pop underground
Bill Lloyd has had a seemingly schizophrenic career, but his two musical personalities — the major-label country hitmaker and the indie-label power-pop solo artist — have always been inextricably linked in his career. That’s because he was born in the hills of Kentucky but raised with the Beatles and British Invasion music filling his head. [...]
Waxed - Record Review from Issue #3 Spring 1996
Bill Lloyd – Confidence is High +4
It’s going on 10 years since Bill Lloyd released his debut, Feeling The Elephant, to an unsuspecting and (if you base success on record sales) uninterested public. The collection of mid-‘80s demos predated his 15 minutes of fame with country-rockers Foster & Lloyd and displayed an adroit pop sense that grafted ringing guitar passages over [...]
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