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Some Assembly Required by Bill Monaghan
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fave it Folk Rock | Soft Rock
12 tracks | 45 minutes
Released Aug 2006
on YIP Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:29 Floatin (down a river) lyrics BUY MP3 04:29 Floatin (down a river) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:29 Floatin (down a river)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:42 My Moonlit Mind lyrics BUY MP3 02:42 My Moonlit Mind lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:42 My Moonlit Mind
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:20 The Girl Upstairs lyrics BUY MP3 03:20 The Girl Upstairs lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:20 The Girl Upstairs
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:50 Donegal lyrics BUY MP3 03:50 Donegal lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:50 Donegal
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:24 All That Your Heart May Desire lyrics BUY MP3 03:24 All That Your Heart May Desire lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:24 All That Your Heart May Desire
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:12 Alamo Pop Song lyrics BUY MP3 04:12 Alamo Pop Song lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:12 Alamo Pop Song
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:01 Little Bitty (of a love song ditty) lyrics BUY MP3 03:01 Little Bitty (of a love song ditty) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:01 Little Bitty (of a love song ditty)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:58 When the Rain Comes lyrics BUY MP3 04:58 When the Rain Comes lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:58 When the Rain Comes
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:49 You Belong There lyrics BUY MP3 03:49 You Belong There lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:49 You Belong There
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:58 Wait lyrics BUY MP3 02:58 Wait lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:58 Wait
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:46 Thing's I've Never Seen lyrics BUY MP3 04:46 Thing's I've Never Seen lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:46 Thing's I've Never Seen
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:59 All the Years Gone By lyrics BUY MP3 03:59 All the Years Gone By lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:59 All the Years Gone By
Rock and folk based in piano, guitar, and rich with vocal harmonies, Bill Monaghan’s debut album serenades stories of life, love, traveling, heartache, loss, and history, with intricately arranged music ranging from simple folk/rock to orchestral.
Bio / Background
Bill Monaghan’s love of music ratcheted up to new levels when an old piano from his grandparents’ basement landed in his family’s living room. He was 11 years old and thrilled with the gift.
Piano lessons had started when he was seven. But without a piano for practicing, he had focused instead on listening – to the Clancy Brothers, captured on his father’s records, to Jim Croce, the Beatles, Sha Na Na, John Williams’ track for Star Wars, and Beethoven. That eventually translated into his ability to learn by ear the music of Billy Joel, Ray Charles and others.
In high school he taught himself to play the guitar, started composing, and formed the rock-and-roll band, Some Assembly Required. With 80s music as a major influence, he wrote “For All You Were Was Life” and “All the Years Gone By.”
At the University of Scranton he frequently collaborated with long-time friend, Tom Feledick, directed several musicals and played in rock cover bands.
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