REVIEW: Badlands – Badlands (1989)
Rest in peace Ray Gillen who died 20 years ago today. Thanks to EveryRecordTellsAStory for letting me know, and be sure to check out his excellent Badlands story as well. BADLANDS – Badlands (1989...
View ArticlePart 260: GUEST SHOT! Sho’ Nuff – The Return of STATHAM
Good things come to those who wait. Longtime contributor STATHAM has returned to talk about shoppin’ for Black Crowes. He’s in italics, me in burgundy. (That makes him Snake Eyes while I remain the...
View ArticlePart 262: By Your Side
A sequel to Part 260: Sho’ Nuff – The Return of STATHAM RECORD STORE TALES Part 262: By Your Side 1999 was shaping up to be an exciting year. The Black Crowes’ most recent disc, Three Snakes &...
View ArticleREVIEW: Judas Priest – Rocka Rolla (1974)
PRIEST WEEK Welcome to PRIEST WEEK! It’s all Judas Priest, all week. Let’s go! JUDAS PRIEST – Rocka Rolla (1974 Gull Records) Years before the glory of Sad Wings of Destiny, Judas Priest was just...
View ArticlePart 277.5: Klassik Kwote – The Dandy Douche Strikes Back
RECORD STORE TALES Part 277.5: Klassik Kwote – The Dandy Douche Strikes Back I’m a pretty big Led Zeppelin fan, having bought all their albums more than once (and at least once more) over the years....
View ArticleREVIEW: Rival Sons – Great Western Valkyrie (2014)
A Christmas gift from the great DEKE! This one made his Top Five of 2014 list (at #3) and came highly recommended. Let’s do this! RIVAL SONS – Great Western Valkyrie (2014 Earache) From Long Beach,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Cry of Love – Brother (1993)
CRY OF LOVE – Brother (1993 Sony) He wasn’t in the Black Crowes for their heyday, but fans unfamiliar with Cry of Love may remember Audley Freed as the Crowes’ second guitar player, from By Your Side...
View ArticleREVIEW: Greta Van Fleet – Black Smoke Rising (2017 EP)
GRETA VAN FLEET – Black Smoke Rising (2017 Republic records EP) Sometimes a tune just comes outta nowhere and takes over. Greta Van Fleet’s very Zeppelin-like “Highway Tune” is one such song. Who are...
View ArticleREVIEW: Greta Van Fleet – From the Fires (2017)
GRETA VAN FLEET – From the Fires (2017 Republic Records) Got 32 minutes to kill? I have just the thing. Frankenmuth, Michigan’s Greta Van Fleet won’t be disappearing any time soon, not with the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Greta Van Fleet – Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018)
GRETA VAN FLEET – Anthem of the Peaceful Army (2018 Republic Records) Greta Van Fleet have become one of the most controversial new bands in a dog’s age. They are either lauded or loathed for their...
View ArticleREVIEW: Wild ‘T’ and the Spirit – Love Crazy (1991)
WILD ‘T’ AND THE SPIRIT – Love Crazy (1991 Warner) I can’t believe it took me 28 years to hear this album. Wild ‘T’ (Tony Springer) got the nation’s attention in 1991, with his Arnold Lanni (Frozen...
View Article#760: Eliminated Headlight
GETTING MORE TALE #760: Eliminated Headlight As children, we were told many stories of what being a kid was like in the 1940s and 50s. The greatest toy was Mecanno. (My dad’s Mecanno #7 set was a...
View Article#782: Eliminated Headlight Restored
A sequel to #760: Eliminated Headlight I saw Eliminator was now a one-eyed cyclops car. A headlight came off and was nowhere in sight. It’s gone. If it had simply fallen off, it would be on the shelf,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Tom Keifer Band – Rise (2019) #keiferband
TOM KEIFER BAND – Rise (2019 Cleopatra) The most surprising new release of 2019, to this listener anyway, has been the new Tom Keifer album. It’s been a long time since I’ve given the Cinderella...
View ArticleREVIEW: Little Caesar – Little Caesar (1990 cassette)
LITTLE CÆSAR – Little Cæsar (1990 DGC cassette) I missed their first EP, Name Your Poison. None of the local record stores knew who Little Caesar were, but rock magazines like Hit Parader were already...
View ArticleMOVIE REVIEW: ZZ Top – That Little Ol’ Band from Texas (2019)
ZZ TOP – That Little Ol’ Band from Texas (2019) Directed by Sam Dunn Banger Films have never released a dud, have they? Their latest documentary, ZZ Top: That Little Ol’ Band from Texas is another...
View ArticleREVIEW: ZZ Top – Chrome, Smoke & BBQ (2003 limited edition BBQ shack)
ZZ TOP – Chrome, Smoke & BBQ (2003 Warner limited edition BBQ shack version) Though it seems an outlandish thought today, there was once a time when if you desired to hear original ZZ Top music,...
View ArticleREVIEW: Aerosmith – Honkin’ On Bobo (2004)
AEROSMITH – Honkin’ On Bobo (2014 Columbia) Sometimes we take one for the team. For no reason other than to get it done, we take out albums we strongly dislike just for the sake of writing them up....
View ArticleREVIEW: ZZ Top – The ZZ Top Six Pack (1987)
ZZ Top – The ZZ Top Six Pack (1987 Warner) What a strange time the dawn of the compact disc was. Even at the end of the 1980s, vast catalogues of music had yet to be released on CD. It was a hit and...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Black Crowes – Shake Your Money Maker (2021 deluxe edition)
THE BLACK CROWES – Shake Your Money Maker (Originally 1990, 2021 Universal deluxe edition) How many times have you bought Shake Your Money Maker (31 years old but not a day over 20)? This time the...
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