A Perfect Sun Awaits Us (the whole enchilada)

by Willis McClung

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1.	Mister Lee 02:30	buy track
2.	The Man 02:15	buy track
3.	Husbands and Wives 03:12	buy track
4.	The Curse Word... Love 01:25	buy track
5.	Men of Athens 03:08	buy track
6.	Back to the Country 00:23	buy track
7.	Flying on the Ground is Wrong 02:52	buy track
8.	Can't Live Lonely 02:36	buy track
9.	She's a Queen 02:24	buy track
10.	It's Not One Thing / Touchscreen Tombstone 01:21	buy track
11.	Sgt Salt 01:24	buy track
12.	Sweeping Up the Neighborhood 02:55	buy track
13.	Trans Global 00:53	buy track
14.	Stingk 03:06	buy track
15.	Simon Smith and His Dancing Bear 01:56	buy track
16.	Shoney's 01:55	buy track
17.	Water Voices 02:45	buy track
18.	Valley Pines 02:58	buy track
19.	No Bedroom 02:05	buy track
20.	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day 02:42	buy track
21.	The Man Pt2 02:08	buy track
22.	Memory Cops 00:55	buy track
23.	Executive Decision 00:18	buy track
24.	Short People 02:32	buy track
25.	Coconut Man 01:00	buy track
26.	Tree of Knowledge 04:29	buy track
27.	Panama 01:55	buy track
28.	Crazy Out There 00:38	buy track
29.	Range of Light Wilderness (Happy, Beautiful Bears, Jasmine Vines) 03:05	buy track
30.	Louisiana 03:18	buy track
31.	High on a Rocky Ledge 03:48	buy track
32.	I Remember 01:03	buy track
33.	Paris 1919 04:04	buy track
34.	Everybody Knows 02:18	buy track
35.	Sail Away 03:16	buy track
36.	Lucien 02:51	buy track
37.	Nobody Does it Better 01:38	buy track
38.	Shade 02:23	buy track
39.	Somewhere Over the Rainbow Suite 02:35	buy track
40.	A Perfect Sun Awaits Us 01:17	buy track
41.	Turn On the Radio 01:45	buy track
42.	Mister Lee (A Cappella) 01:16	buy track

about

In the end, we humans are not defined by the things we own. All the signifiers of success -- the inflated bank account, the triple-decker condo in Barbados -- we can't take them with us. We're judged not by what we kept for ourselves, but what we gave to others. The world pays lip service to this selflessness, but to truly find it in a human is rare. That person who makes you better, who makes the world better. Who shares everything they have, without regard for repayment, without a need to be spotlighted for their generosity.
Willis McClung was such a man -- a profoundly talented musician, tinkerer, sailor, humorist, songwriter, carpenter, dancer, and bringer of good vibes. He shone love and shared it with most everybody he met, unless they were pretentious or stuck-up — those folks he ribbed and prodded until, usually, they decided to join in the fun.
He relentlessly wrote and recorded music through his brief 34 years. This record represents the first collection of Willis’ recorded material. These were culled from old email attachments, reclaimed hard drives, and other odd corners of the internet. What a wondrous collection — a compelling portrait of a supremely talented, humorous, big hearted man who had so much love to give, and he used his time here on earth to its best purpose.

credits

released October 4, 2018

Willis played most everything. Michael Baird played piano on the Randy Newman songs.
Other contributors include: Paul Price, Maverick Fisher, Ross Gillian, John Kolar, Will Patterson, Austin Leonard Jones, Joey Koehl, Annie Sykes, Bill Baird, Sam Sanford and Michael Bain.
Mastered by Quentin Stoltzfus

'Water Voices' and 'Shoney's' originally appeared on the Sleep Good album 'Skyclimber':
sleepgood.bandcamp.com/album/skyclimber

Cover songs:
Husbands and Wives (Roger Miller)
Flying on the Ground is Wrong (Neil Young)
Simon Smith and His Dancing Bear, Louisiana, Short People and Sail Away (Randy Newman)
Water Voices (Will Patterson)
Valley Pines and No Bedroom (Austin Leonard Jones)
Sweeping Up the Neighborhood (Mac DeMarco)
Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day (Doug Sahm)
Panama (Paul Price)
Range of Light Wilderness (Tommy McDonald)
Paris 1919 (John Cale)
High on a Rocky Ledge (Moondog)
Nobody Does it Better (Carly Simon)
Turn on the Radio (Harry Nilsson)
Everybody Knows (Leonard Cohen)
Shade (Bill Baird)
Lucien by Lucien Kibodeaux and Willis McClung
Tree of Knowledge, Perfect Sun Awaits Us, and Stingk were written by Willis and Bill Baird
And extra special mega producers John and Mary McClung and Craig & Shelly

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Willis McClung San Antonio, Texas

(1984 - 2018)
A profoundly talented musician, tinkerer, sailor, humorist, songwriter, carpenter, dancer, and bringer of good vibes.

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