STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - PAUL WILLIAMS - LIFE GOES ON

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Good Monday morning gang and welcome back To Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we wish Nebraska native, skydiver, composer, singer, songwriter and actor, Paul Williams, a very Happy 82nd Birthday. Happy Birthday Paul ! Perhaps he is best known for the role of  "Little Enos Burdette" in  Smokey and the Bandit, but today we will focus on his musical side, chiefly his fourth studio album, Life Goes On. The LP was released November 1972 on the A&M label and produced by  Michael James Jackson. It peaked at #159 on the Billboard 200. Among the guests on the album are Leland Sklar, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, and Jimmy Webb.

"The Lady Is Waiting"

"Out in the Country" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols)

"Little Girl"

"Rose" (Paul Williams, Mentor Williams)

"Where Do I Go from Here"

Side Two

"Life Goes On" (Paul Williams, Craig Doerge)

"Park Avenue"

"I Won't Last a Day Without You" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols)

"Traveling Boy" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols)

"That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie)

Paul Williams - vocals

David Spinozza - guitars

Leland Sklar - bass

Craig Doerge - piano

Michael Utley - organ

Russ Kunkel - drums, percussion

Bobbye Hall - percussion

Bob Cooper - oboe on "Little Girl"

Danny Kortchmar - acoustic guitar on "I Won't Last a Day Without You"

Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Gerry Beckley, Ronee Blakley - background vocals on "Life Goes On"

Mentor Williams - background vocals on "Rose"

Jimmy Webb - string arrangement on "Rose"