"'Days of Light'" is a song by Roger Daltrey from his eighth solo album, Rocks in the Head. The song was written by Daltrey and Gerard McMahon, and features lyrics about looking forward to the weekend. According to Daltrey, the song was inspired by his early career as a worker in a sheet-metal factory.
Rocks in the Head was recorded at The Hit Factory in New York City as well as Abbey Road Studios in London and released on the Atlantic Records label in 1992. Production is credited to Gerald McMahon, who also performed as a musician.
When performing the song live at Vancouver, Daltrey forgot the lyrics partway. He explained that it was only the second time he had sung it in his life, so the other time must have been when he did it on Late Night with David Letterman, as documented on YouTube. At any rate, he did not seem too flustered by the slip-up; it was, after all, the first show of his first solo tour since 1985. He just cheerfully started the song over again.
This track and "Who's Gonna Walk on Water" were the only tracks from Rocks in the Head performed live.
The song is considered to sound like Bruce Springsteen.
Complete live performances of "Days of Light" Below is the complete performances of the song by Roger Daltrey live.
2009;
10.10.2009: Vancouver, BC 12.10.2009: Seattle, WA 14.10.2009: San Francisco, CA 15.10.2009: Highland, CA 17.10.2009: Los Angeles, CA 20.10.2009: Denver, CO 22.10.2009: Thackerville, OK 24.10.2009: Biloxi, MS 25.10.2009: Jacksonville, FL 28.10.2009: Durham, NC 30.10.2009: Nashville, TN 31.10.2009: Elizabeth, IN 02.11.2009: Chicago, IL 03.11.2009: Cleveland, OH 05.11.2009: Orillia, ON 07.11.2009: Mashantucket, CT 08.11.2009: Boston, MA 11.11.2009: Montclair, NJ 13.11.2009: Atlantic City, NJ 17.11.2009: Red Bank, NJ 18.11.2009: Norfolk, VA 20.11.2009: New York, NY 22.11.2009: Charlotte, NC 24.11.2009: Charleston, SC 25.11.2009: Buena Vista, FL 27.11.2009: Ft. Myers, FL 29.11.2009: Hollywood, FL 30.11.2009: Clearwater, FL 2010;
25.02.2010: Pittsburgh, PA 27.02.2010: Nashville, TN 28.02.2010: Birmingham, AL 02.03.2010: Tulsa, OK 03.03.2010: Kansas City, MO 05.03.2010: Memphis, TN 06.03.2010: New Orleans, LA 09.03.2010: Atlanta, GA 11.03.2010: Fort Lauderdale, FL 13.03.2010: Orlando, FL 22.06.2010: Tucson, AZ 23.06.2010: Las Vegas, NV 25.06.2010: Salina, KS 26.06.2010: Kansas City, MO 28.06.2010: Milwaukee, WI 30.06.2010: Cincinnati, OH 02.07.2010: Noblesville, IN 2011;
19.03.2011: Bournemouth 24.03.2011: London 03.07.2011: Wolverhampton 06.07.2011: Glasgow 07.07.2011: Manchester 09.07.2011: Nottingham 10.07.2011: Newport 12.07.2011: Bristol 13.07.2011: Southend 16.07.2011: Hampshire 19.07.2011: Hull 21.07.2011: London 22.07.2011: Norwich 24.07.2011: London 28.07.2011: Isle of Man 30.07.2011: Lokeren 31.07.2011: Svendborg 13.09.2011: Hollywood, FL 15.09.2011: Alpharetta, GA 17.09.2011: Boston, MA 18.09.2011: Newark, NJ 21.09.2011: Philadelphia, PA 23.09.2011: Union Dale, NY 24.09.2011: Hartford, CT 27.09.2011: Montreal, QC 28.09.2011: Ottawa, ON 30.09.2011: Toronto, ONT 01.10.2011: Windsor, ONT 04.10.2011: Minneapolis, MN 07.10.2011: Hammond, IN 08.10.2011: St. Louis, MO 11.10.2011: Cedar Park, TX 12.10.2011: Grand Prairie, TX 14.10.2011: Kansas City, MO 16.10.2011: Broomfield, CO 19.10.2011: Los Angeles, CA 21.10.2011: San Jose, CA 22.10.2011: Las Vegas, NV 24.10.2011: Portland, OR 25.10.2011: Seattle, WA 27.10.2011: Vancouver, BC 29.10.2011: Edmonton, AB 30.10.2011: Calgary, AB 2012;
09.03.2012: Padova 11.03.2012: Genova 12.03.2012: Torino 15.03.2012: Paris 18.03.2012: Trieste 20.03.2012: Firenze 24.03.2012: Milan 23.04.2012: Tokyo 27.04.2012: Kanagawa 28.04.2012: Osaka 2013;
10.08.2013: Costa Mesa, CA
Personnel Roger Daltrey - Lead vocals Pim Jones - Slide guitar, Acoustic guitar Jay Leonhart - Upright bass
Charts Chart (1992)Peakposition US Rock6
See also Roger Daltrey discography
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