The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Before I was a fully formed individual with my own music tastes, I loved the Beatles. It seems less obvious now, because my taste in music has expanded in many ...
Category: Most Influential Albums
The Most Influential Albums of My Life
In 2018, a “challenge” went around Facebook that I was able to get behind and participate in – the first (and only) one ever. No Ice Bucket Ch...
Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited
(Album ©1965, Columbia Records) This is (IMO) one of the two most important albums of all time (along with Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band), co...
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 ...
The Kinks – Give The People What They Want
I used to spend a lot of time with my aunt Deane & uncle Howie – we’ve been really tight since I was a little kid. So spending a weekend afterno...