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Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960) is an American jazz fusion drummer and leader of the Dave Weckl Band. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2000.
Weckl attended Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, Missouri and graduated in 1978. He majored in jazz studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. Starting out on the New York fusion scene in the early 1980s, Weckl soon began working with artists such as Paul Simon, Madonna, George Benson, Michel Camilo, Robert Plant and Anthony Jackson. His most famous early work though, where his popularity blossomed, was with the Chick Corea Elektric Band from 1985 to 1991.
Weckl spent a total of seven years with Corea, during which he performed on numerous albums and also appeared with Corea's Akoustic Band. He augmented his work with Corea by continuing his session work and appearing often with the GRP All-Star Big Band. He also recorded four albums in 1988 and 1989 with the Manhattan Jazz. Weckl has also released a series of instructional videotapes, and in 1990, he led his first solo date, Master Plan, for GRP. Heads Up followed in 1992, as well as Hard-Wired in 1994.
If you're feelin' sad and blue
And you don't know what to do
Don't cry oh no
The world has got you runnin' down
Tears are all that can be found
In your eyes mmhm
In every life some rain must fall
Though you feel your back is to the wall
Close your eyes and put your cares away
Don't cry
My love
Save it for a rainy day
Your smile
My love
Surely takes the clouds away
Feel as though you'll fall apart
Ever since your broken heart oh wow oh wow
Read it in the evening news
The sky is tumbling down on you oh no no no no
In every life some rain must fall
Though you feel your back is to the wall
Close your eyes and put your cares away
Don't cry
My love
Save it for a rainy day (you've got to save it)
Your smile
My love
Surely takes the clouds away (yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Don't cry
My love
Save it for a rainy day (you've got to save it)
Your smile
My love
Surely takes the clouds away
Save it for a rainy day
All these things you've come to know
Just which way that you should go
Close your eyes and put your cares away
Don't cry
My love
Save it for a rainy day (come on come on come on come on baby x2)
Your smile
My love
Surely takes the clouds away (puts the clouds away)
Don't cry
My love
Save it for a rainy day (come on come on come on come on baby x2)
Your smile
My love