Tuesday, July 28, 2009

BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND-AGAINST THE WIND.

BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND IS A AMERICAN ROCK GROUP FORMED IN 1974. THIS ALBUM WAS RECORDED IN 1980 UNDER THE CAPITOL-EMI LABEL AND WAS NO. 1 ON BILLBOARD 200. MOST OF THE SONGS ARE LIMP AND SUB STANDARD WITH HIS CLASSIC SHOUTING GRAVEL VOICE. ROBERT CLARK BOB SEGER SINGS IN A COZY, SOFTIE STYLE. HIS SONG'S THEMES ARE MOSTLY ABOUT BLUE COLLAR, LOST LOVE AND STORY OF SOME LONESOME WANDERER. BOB SEGER WAS INDUCTED INTO "ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IN 2004. MY FAVE SONG IS "AGAINST THE WIND"

MEMBERS: BOB SEGER-LEAD VOCALS, GUITAR-DREW ABBOTT-LEAD GUITAR-ALTO REED-SAXOPHONE-CHRIS CAMPBELL-BASS-CRAIG FROST (GRAND FUNK RAILROAD)-KEYBOARDS DAVID TEEGARDEN-DRUMS, PERCUSSION.
GUEST:MUSCLE SHOALS RHYTHM SECTION.

SIDE ONE: 1,THE HORIZONTAL BOP 2. YOU'LL ACCOMP'NY ME 3. HER STRUT 4. NO MAN'S LAND 5. LONG TWIN SILVER LINE.

SIDE TWO 1. AGAINST THE WIND (video) 2. GOOD FOR ME 3. BETTY LOU'S GETTIN' OUT TONIGHT 4. FIRE LAKE (video) 5. SHININ' BRIGHTLY.



Thursday, July 23, 2009

B.B. KING-THE BEST OF B.B.KING.

RILEY B. KING OR B.B. KING IS AN AMERICAN RHYTHM AND BLUES SINGER, SONGWRITER AND GUITARIST KNOWN FOR HIS EXPRESSIVE SINGING WITH A LOT OF FEEL AND CONVICTIONS LIKE AS THOUGH HE IS NARRATING HIS EXPERIENCES AND HARDSHIPS TO US.

HIS GIBSON GUITAR IS NAMED LUCILLE AND HIS SOLOS ARE BASED ON TEARFUL, BEAUTIFUL NOTES BENDING AND VIBRATO.
MANY GREAT GUITARISTS ARE INFLUENCED BY HIM AND ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE RANKED HIM #3 OF "THE 100 GREATEST GUITARIST OF ALL TIMES."
HE WAS ALSO INDUCTED INTO THE BLUES HALL OF FAME IN 1980.
THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1973 UNDER THE PROBE LABEL-EMI.
MY FAVE SONG IS "CALDONIA"

B.B.KING-GUITAR, VOCALS WITH LEON RUSSELL, JOE WALSH, BRIAN GAROFALO, RUSS KUNKEL, SHERLIE MATTHEWS, MERRY CLAYTON, CLYDE KING, VONETTA FIELDS, JIMMIE HASKELL, JOHN BROWNING, LOUIS HERBERT, BROOKER WALKER, RON LEVY, WILBERT FREEMAN, SONNY FREEMAN, JIM PRICE, OLLIE MITCHELL, CHUCK FINDLEY, BOOBBY KEYS, BILL PERKINS, DUSTER BENNETT, GARY WRIGHT, KLAUS VOORMAN, JIM GORDON, JOE BURTON, EARL TURBINGTON JR, MEL BROWN, JERRY RAGOVOY, JOHN URIBE, DAVID SPINOZZA, JOSHIE ARMSTEAD, TASHA THOMAS, CARL HILL, HUGH McCRACKEN, PAUL HARRIS, GERALD JEMMOTT, HERBIE LOVELLE AND BERT DeCOTEAUX.

SIDE ONE: 1.HUMMINGBIRD-June 1970 2. COOK COUNTY INTRODUCTION-HOW BLUE CAN YOU GET-Sept 1970 3. CALDONIA-June 1970 (video) 4. SWEET SIXTEEN-March 1971.

SIDE TWO: 1. AIN'T NOBODY HOME-June 1971 2. WHY I SING THE BLUES-1969 3. THE THRILL IS OVER(video)- 4. NOBODY LOVES ME LIKE MY MOTHER.




Tuesday, July 21, 2009

EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER-TRILOGY.

EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER WERE A BRITISH PROGRESSIVE SUPER ROCK GROUP. THEY WERE POPULAR DURING THE 70's AND HEADLINED HUGE THEATRICAL CONCERTS HELM BY THE FLAMBOYANT KEITH EMERSON WITH HIS HAMMOND ORGAN AND MOOG SYNTHESIZER. THEIR MUSIC ARE CLASSICAL, JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY ROCK. TRILOGY IS THEIR THIRD STUDIO ALBUM AND WAS RECORDED UNDER THE ATLANTIC LABEL IN 1972 WITH THE SONG "FROM THE BEGINNING" AS THEIR BEST SELLING SINGLES WHICH IS ALSO MY FAVE SONG.

PHOTOMONTAGE TAKEN AT EPPING FOREST CARPETED WITH AUTUMN LEAVES.

MEMBERS: KEITH EMERSON (ex THE NICE)-KEYBOARDS, PIANO, SYNTHESIZER- GREG LAKE (ex-KING CRIMSON)-VOCALS, ELECTRIC AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS-CARL PALMER (ex-ATOMIC ROOSTER)-DRUMS, PERCUSSION.

SIDE ONE: 1. THE ENDLESS ENIGMA PART ONE 2. FUGUE 3. THE ENDLESS ENIGMA PART TWO 4. FROM THE BEGINNING (video) 5. THE SHERIFF 6. HOEDOWN.

SIDE TWO: 1. TRILOGY 2. LIVING SIN 3. ABADDON'S BOLERO.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS-DAMN THE TORPEDOES

TOM PETTY (ex-MUDCRUTCH) AND THE HEARTBREAKERS IS AN AMERICAN ROCK AND ROLL/NEW WAVE/R&B BAND. THIS THIRD ALBUM UNDER THE BACKSTREET/MCA LABEL WAS RECORDED IN 1979. IT WENT PLATINUM, SELLING TWO MILLION COPIES AND YIELDED THREE NO:1 HIT SINGLES IN AMERICA. MOST OF THEIR SONGS ARE ABOUT BOY/GIRL / HUMAN RIGHTS/SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP AND AT TIMES THEY SOUNDED LIKE THE BYRDS. MY FAVE SONG IS "REFUGEE"


MEMBERS: TOM PETTY-12&6 STRINGS GUITAR, HARMONICA, LEAD VOCALS-BENMONT TENCH-PIANO, ORGAN, HARMONIUM, VOCALS-MIKE CAMPBELL-SLIDE, 12&6 STRINGS GUITAR-STAN LYNCH-DRUM, VOCALS-RON BLAIR- ELECTRIC BASS GUITAR.

SIDE ONE: 1.REFUGEE(video) 2. HERE COMES MY GIRL 3. EVEN THE LOSERS 4.SHADOW OF A DOUBT(A COMPLEX KID) 5. CENTURY CITY.

SIDE TWO: 1. DON'T DO ME LIKE THAT 2. YOU TELL ME 3. WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' IN MY LIFE 4. LOUISIANA RAIN.


TRAFFIC-LAST EXIT.

TRAFFIC WAS AN ENGLISH ROCK GROUP FORMED IN 1967 BY STEVE WINWOOD. THE SONGS ON THIS THIRD ALBUM ARE ODDS AND ENDS PUT TOGETHER BY ISLAND RECORD AND WAS RECORDED IN 1969.
MY FAVE SONG IS "BLIND MAN"

MEMBERS: STEVE WINWOOD-GUITAR, KEYBOARD , VOCALS-DAVE MASON-BASS, SITAR, VOCAL-JIM CALPALDI-DRUM, PERCUSSION-CHRIS WOOD-FLUTE, SAXOPHONE,PIANO.

SIDE ONE: 1. JUST FOR YOU 2. SHANGHAI NOODLE FACTORY 3. SOMETHING GOT A HOLD ON MY TOE 4. WITHERING TREE 5. MEDICATED GOO

SIDE TWO: 1. FEELING GOOD 2. BLIND MAN (video)