September 25, 2014
Category:
Comments are off
For a band that was active less than ten years with only six studio albums (with all four members) The Doors became an iconic band of the late 1960s. They pushed the edge of popular rock music; crafting poetic lyrics of sex and death over blues-rock inspired instrumentation, while still managing to produce a sound…
Read more
August 24, 2014
Category:
Comments are off
It is not often a band is able to release a debut album filled with songs of such perfection that they would not only become instant favorites, but would later develop into cherished and iconic hard rock classics. But for Boston, a band started by MIT graduate Tom Scholz, such a fantasy became an instant…
Read more
July 10, 2014
Category:
Comments are off
Fleetwood Mac’s second self-titled album, also known as the White Album, was a rebirth of sort after the departure of Bob Welch. In search of a new guitarist, the band came across American musician, Lindsey Buckingham in 1975. As a condition to joining the band, Buckingham asked for his musical partner and love interest, Stevie…
Read more
May 31, 2014
Category:
Comments are off
Double Trouble was the 1980’s answer to bringing blues back to the mainstream music scene. Fronted by legendary guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn, the blues band became popular among rock audiences as the musicians merged the stylistic sounds or rock and roll with the traditional twelve bar blues’ format. The best of this innovation was heard…
Read more
February 27, 2014
Category:
Comments are off
In a time when jazz was resurfacing the music scene between disco and rock, singer-songwriter Van Morrison found a way to intertwine the use of the genres’ elements with his poetic words to create an album that had the potential to stand out from its competitors. The Irish artist’s drive for perfection, enabled Morrison to…
Read more