One of the great studio-only aggregations of the 1970s and early \u201880s was the Alan Parsons Project. Producer\/musician\/songwriter Parsons didn\u2019t act alone, though; along with a core group of musicians (including members of the pop group Pilot), he worked closely with songwriting partner Eric Woolfson. In the group’s later years, Woolfson would take a greater role on lead vocals. That\u2019s him you hear singing \u201cTime,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Answer Me\u201d and \u201cEye in the Sky,\u201d all among the outfit\u2019s biggest hits.<\/p>\n
Parsons\u2019 project would ultimately prove too limiting to contain all of Woolfson\u2019s creative ideas. So across the year he embarked on a thriving \u2013 if lesser-known career beyond the confines of the Project, one that explored his love of musical theater. Woolfson passed away in 2009; he would have celebrated his 78th birthday on March 18. Here are five Eric Woolfson solo tunes you should know.<\/p>\n
\u201cSan Tokay\u201d (single, 1971)<\/strong>
\nBefore launching the APP with Parsons, Woolfson cut a non-charting single with members of quirky art-pop group 10cc. The song features an opening that sounds very much out of its time, but the track soon develops into a style that hints at some of the musical values to be explored by the Alan Parsons Project beginning with its 1976 debut, Tales of Mystery and Imagination<\/em>.
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