Meet The Beatles! – The Beatles
(Album ©1964, EMI / Capitol Records) This record was the first “official” LP released by the band in the US, and the photo on the cover is trul...
Month: June 2020
Chris Whitley – Living With The Law
(Album ©1991, Columbia Records) Today, it’s Chris Whitley’s debut album Living With The Law. Released in 1991, I heard his first single, the ti...
The Kinks – One For The Road
(Album ©1980, Arista Records) One of my all-time favorite albums is The Kinks’ One For The Road. I heard it for the first time in a ski trip in eight...
The Clash – London Calling
(Album ©1979, Epic Records) Today, among my favorite records is The Clash’s London Calling. I didn’t hear the whole record until 1982, after th...
Ryan Adams – Gold
(Album ©2001, Lost Highway Records) The next album on my musical journey is Ryan Adams’ 2001 masterpiece, Gold. It came out just two weeks after 9/11...
The Tragically Hip – Road Apples
(Album ©1991, MCA Records) After college was filled with all kinds of new music, as I was working at a radio station and had lots of time and access to see...
Shawn Colvin – Steady On
(Album ©1989, Columbia Records) As mentioned previously, college was a time of lots of musical discovery for me, as I would assume it is for most people. L...
Fishbone – Truth And Soul
The first 7 most influential albums have all been ones that are now considered “classic rock,” but as I mentioned previously, college was where I st...
Guns-N-Roses – Appetite For Destruction
So far, if you’re following along, we’ve gotten through high school. Van Halen joined Bruce, The Stones, The Kinks, and The Who as my favorite bands...
Van Halen – Van Halen
Bruce, The Kinks, The Stones and The Who got me through Middle School, but by 1983, I knew there was other exciting music out there. I had already picked up on ...