For more than fifteen
years Billy Greer has definitely been the Seventh
Key in the ongoing success of the
classic rock band Kansas. With his
unique voice and bass style, Billy has elegantly
carved his own distinctive
sound with one of rock's finest bands. This one
of a kind artist has just
completed his first solo project ironically entitled
Seventh
Key with
musical contributions by Steve Morse,
Rich
Williams, Steve Walsh
and Mike Slamer. This latest effort again
secures Billy’s place in the
hearts of his fans and critics alike.
With a voice lead singers truly envy, Billy pushes
the envelope once
more with this newly completed project.
Seventh
Key joins the ranks
with the other great songs Billy has sung such
as
"Rat Race" from
Streets’ Crimes in Mind,
"Cold
Hearted Woman" from Streets’
King Biscuit Live and "Look
at the Time" from the newest
Kansas release Somewhere to Elsewhere,
but this time it’s Billy’s
album!
Seventh Key represents another great
album from one of rock's finest
progressive musicians. With straight-ahead rock
and roll, exceptional
ballads, soaring vocals, and ripping guitar solos,
this project flows like
a river – allowing you to taste different musical
flavors along the way.
This is thanks to "Guitar God" Mike Slamer
who produced, engineered
and mixed this album and played most of the guitar.
Mike demonstrates
again what musical excellence is all about, thoroughly
complimenting
everything Billy set out to do.
Whether you have heard Billy sing and play with
QB1,
Streets,
pick
the notes to "Dust in the Wind"
at a
Kansas concert, or play and
sing on Seventh Key, Billy Greer’s
effortless singing and genuine
songwriting is something you will not soon forget.
Fortunately for us,
Billy Greer is one of the few musicians
whose musical influences
actually show through in his music, but with
his own delicate signature –
each bass line, each vocal note, each carefully
placed lyric unlocks the
mystery to what great rock and roll is all about.
If what they say is true, "You can truly see a
man’s soul when he sings
and plays," then this man’s soul is shining at
its brightest! This kid
can play!
--Jeff
Pyeatt
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