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Coco Montoya (born Henry Montoya, in Santa Monica, California) is an American blues guitarist and singer and former member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.
Montoya is left-handed but plays a left handed guitar with a right handed neck. (Strings upside down).
lyrics :
Everybody wants to know how I get along
In these dark days since you've been gone
Sometimes I'm fine, sometimes I'm dying
Stumbling through one step at a time
I have good days, bad days
Sunshine and rain
I have good days and bad days
But some things never change
Some days I wake up and I make up my mind
Today is the day I'll leave the past all behind
I'm alright till sun down again
Then I'm right back where I've always been
I have good days, bad days
Sunshine and rain
I have good days and bad days
But some things never change
Oh, my nights are all the same
Tonight I'll go home to the same old routine
Dinner for one by a phone that don't ring
What's the use in going out on the town?
I know I'll never wear your memory down
I have good days, bad days
Sunshine and rain
I have good days and bad days
But some things never change
Oh, my nights are all the same
Keep having those good days, bad days
Keep having those good days, bad days
Good days, bad days
Coco Montoya (born Henry Montoya, in Santa Monica, California) is an American blues guitarist and singer and former member of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.
Montoya is left-handed but plays a left handed guitar with a right handed neck. (Strings upside down).
lyrics :
Everybody wants to know how I get along
In these dark days since you've been gone
Sometimes I'm fine, sometimes I'm dying
Stumbling through one step at a time
I have good days, bad days
Sunshine and rain
I have good days and bad days
But some things never change
Some days I wake up and I make up my mind
Today is the day I'll leave the past all behind
I'm alright till sun down again
Then I'm right back where I've always been
I have good days, bad days
Sunshine and rain
I have good days and bad days
But some things never change
Oh, my nights are all the same
Tonight I'll go home to the same old routine
Dinner for one by a phone that don't ring
What's the use in going out on the town?
I know I'll never wear your memory down
I have good days, bad days
Sunshine and rain
I have good days and bad days
But some things never change
Oh, my nights are all the same
Keep having those good days, bad days
Keep having those good days, bad days
Good days, bad days




![Hear N Aid - Stars (Original Video HQ 1080pᴴᴰ)
Hear n Aid was a one-time collaboration of various individual hard rock and heavy metal artists in 1985 to raise money for famine relief in Africa.
lyrics :
[Ronnie James Dio (Dio):]
Who cries for the children?
I do
[Dave Meniketti (Y&T):]
Some time in the night
When youre feeling the cold
[Ronnie James Dio:]
Take a look at the sky above you
[Rob Halford (Judas Priest):]
Those are faces in the light
If the story were told
[Ronnie James Dio:]
They are calling you, calling you
Yeah
We are magic in the night
[Kevin Dubrow (Quiet Riot):]
We are shadow, we are light
[Dave Meniketti:]
We are forever you and I
[Chorus (vocal lead: Rob Halford):]
Were stars
Were stars
[Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult):]
We can be strong
We are fire and stone
[Paul Shortino (Quiet Riot, Rough Cutt):]
And we all want to touch a rainbow
[Geoff Tate (Queensryche):]
But singers and songs
Will never change it alone
We are calling you, calling you
[Don Dokken (Dokken):]
Were the beating of a heart
The beginning were the start
[Paul Shortino:]
Forever we will shine
Yeah
[Chorus (vocal leads: Paul Shortino, Don Dokken, Ronnie James Dio, Geoff Tate):]
Were stars
Were stars
Were stars
Were stars
[Guitar solos:]
1st solo: Craig Goldie/Eddie Ojeda
2nd solo: Vivian Campbell/Brad Gillis
3rd solo: Neal Schon/George Lynch
4th solo: Yngwie Malmsteen/Vivian Campbell
5th solo: George Lynch/Carlos Cavazo
6th solo: Brad Gillis/Craig Goldie/Donald Buck Dharma Roeser
[Kevin Dubrow:]
We are magic in the night
[Rob Halford:]
We are shadow, we are light
[Geoff Tate:]
We are forever you and I
[Chorus (vocal leads: Dave Meniketti, Eric Bloom, Rob Halford)]
Were stars
Were stars
Were stars
Were stars
Were stars, yeah
Were stars
We are shadow, we are light
Were stars
We are magic in the night
Were stars, oh yeah
Were stars
Were stars
We are magic in the night
Were stars
We are shadow, we are light
Were stars
Were stars
Were stars
Were the magic
Were stars
Were stars
Were the beating of a heart
Were stars
Forever we will shine
Were stars
Were stars
Were stars
Were stars
According to Ronnie James Dios MySpace profile, the project raised $1 million within a year.While attending a 48-hour charity Radiothon at the radio station KLOS, Dio members Jimmy Bain and Vivian Campbell noticed that representation from hard rock or heavy metal stars was low. In light of the success of Band Aids Do They Know Its Christmas? and USA for Africas We Are the World, they forwarded an idea to Ronnie James Dio, also attending the Radiothon, and together decided to create a similar project exclusively built around artists from the hard rock/heavy metal scene.[citation needed] Together the three co-wrote the song Stars.
The song was recorded on May 20 and 21, 1985 at the A&M Records Studio in Hollywood, California. The project included contributions from Ted Nugent, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tommy Aldridge and members of Dio, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Quiet Riot, Dokken, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Queensrÿche, Blue Öyster Cult, Vanilla Fudge, Y&T, Rough Cutt, Giuffria, Journey, W.A.S.P. and Night Ranger as well as the parody band Spinal Tap. Lead vocals were shared between Ronnie James Dio, Rob Halford, Kevin DuBrow, Eric Bloom, Geoff Tate, Dave Meniketti, Don Dokken and Paul Shortino. Vivian Campbell, Carlos Cavazo, Buck Dharma, Brad Gillis, Craig Goldy, George Lynch, Yngwie Malmsteen, Eddie Ojeda, and Neal Schon all added guitar solos. Iron Maidens Dave Murray and Adrian Smith were in the middle of their World Slavery Tour at the time and flew in to attend the main session. A documentary was shot of the recording process and released simultaneously.
Stars was released in both 7 and 12 single versions. A video documentary, Hear n Aid - The Sessions, was also released in VHS and Video8 formats. The project also released a compilation album headed by Stars, and also including live tracks by Kiss, Motörhead, Dio, Accept, Rush and Scorpions, as well as studio recordings by Y&T and Jimi Hendrix. The single peaked at #26 in the UK Singles Chart in April 1986.
Dio had originally intended the song and album to be released shortly after its recording, but contractual issues with the different artists record labels delayed the release until January 1, 1986, somewhat diminishing the impact of its release.
On 2 November 2011, Dios widow Wendy announced that the song would be re-released. She told Rolling Stone: “I’m going to rerelease [Stars] because it only ever came out on vinyl and cassette. So it’ll come out on DVD and CD, I have loads of outtakes for the video”. In April 2015, Wendy Dio confirmed that a modern-day version of Hear n Aid was in the works to record a new song and released alongside the upcoming reissue of Stars. She had stated that legal stuff was the cause of the reissue delay. Hear N Aid - Stars (Original Video HQ 1080pᴴᴰ)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/m1CdnMPnsqk/mqdefault.jpg)





