Friday, September 4, 2009

JUST WANT TO TASTE YOUR WINE (EXTENDED TOM MIX 12") - BILLY SWAN

Billy Swan (born Billy Lance Swan May 12th 1942 Cape Girardeau Missouri) is an American pop and country singer whose big 1974 hit “I Can Help” is still played on radio across the world today. The organ used on this track was a wedding present from Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge. Billy did the song in just one take with no overdubs….pretty good, eh!

One of his following tracks “Just Want To Taste Your Wine” was a hit in early 1976 here in Oz but it hardly gets a run on radio these days. I don’t think anyone in Oz has ever put it on a compilation CD although it has appeared on Billy’s Greatest Hits CD in America. Just Want To Taste Your Wine features backing by The Jordanaires, the same crew that once backed Elvis.

After his time in the spotlight Billy became a backing singer and session muso.

Here for download is an extended 4 minute Tom Mix version of “Just Want To Taste Your Wine” from a CD copy:

http://rapidshare.com/files/275757160/Billy_Swan_-_Just_Want_to_Taste_Your_Wine__Ext_Tom_Mix_.mp3

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