1981 – AC/DC In honor of the new AC/DC release “Power Up“, let’s revisit one of the greatest rock albums of all time shall we? Yes, yes “Back In Black” is one of the best selling albums in music history, 50 million copies yada, yada, yada. We all know that record kicks your ass out the door, into the street and down the block with such classic tracks as “You Shook Me All Night Long“, “Hells Bells“, Shoot To Thrill”…
It’s No Rock-N-Roll Show It was 1963, the city of Boston, Massachusetts and someone was creeping around in the middle of the night raping and murdering women. It would take fifty years before a DNA match could conclusively prove that Albert DeSalvo, a former military police sergeant from Chelsea, Massachusetts was indeed the Boston Strangler. Six years later in 1969, at Olympic Sound Studios in London, England – a song is born. “Did you hear about the midnight rambler Well,…
Link Wray – 1960 The legend began in 1958. Originally written in 1956 by blues icon Jimmy Reed, “Ain’t That Lovin’ You Baby” had an upbeat rhythm that grooved it’s way to a number 8 spot on the Billboard R&B chart in March of that year. Now here comes Mr. Link Wray, “King of the Power Chord”, “Master of the Distorted Electric Guitar Sound” and “Originator of the First Instrumental Song to Ever Get Banned”. That’s right folks, no offensive…
A Halloween Special 1964 – Walt Disney Productions So, yeah this may have been my very first record. If it wasn’t the first, it had to be one of the first. It was definitely the main catalyst that ignited my love for sound effects. I used to sit by the record player for hours and hours listening to all the creepy tracks just enjoying all the imagery it conjured up in my head. Of course, growing up in South Florida,…
1978 – Van Halen Well, if you ever wanted to know what Gene Simmons and Van Halen had in common – this is it folks. We all know “Gene” is really short for genius, therefore, it didn’t take very long for Mr. Simmons to realize what he had just witnessed from the young Van Halen brothers and company so, an investment was made. An investment that would change history. The classic Van Halen lineup – Gene’s funding bounced a three…
1965 – Junior Wells First of all, Junior Wells is freakin’ amazing. Second of all, it says “with Buddy Guy” right on the cover. I could just end this post on those two facts alone but, maybe you need a little more convincing so please, allow me to elaborate. This is Chicago blues. What is that you say? Well, Chicago blues can be described in many ways. We can say that this particular form of music was the result of…
Rock Hard, Bleed Hard I remember when I first applied for a job at the Hard Rock Casino Biloxi, I was in pretty dire straits because it was 2007 and it was Biloxi. So, living in hurricane Katrina ground zero zone – 2 years after the fact, was not much better as far as finding work was concerned. Hard Rock was literally just about to open their doors for business when the little misses slammed into the Gulf Coast back…
1977 – David Bowie Wow, West Berlin in the 70’s and David Bowie is recording at Hansa Tonstudio in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin, Germany. Heroes is Bowie’s 12th studio album. Produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti. The title of the album is a nod to the track “Hero” on the album Neu! ’75 by the band Neu! The record has plenty of German influences but, the musicians are all British and American. Heroes is the middle installment and best…
The Vinyl Experience Back in the olden days, before the advent of insta-tunes, preparing for the activity of vinyl worship was a complex ceremonial process. It usually began with fingers diligently sliding across the spines of album jackets searching – seeking out the perfect vibration between man, woman (or zombie) and vinyl. Of course, it could of just been static electricity created by your socks sliding on shag carpet. But I digress, the keeper of the vinyl would then relentlessly…