Favourite Band

Day 74: “Who is your favorite band?” Another list which would take me forever to write. There are so many great bands from the past to the present. I believe most of the singers I selected on the last post were in bands. My favourite band as a kid was The Police, The Cars, The […]

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Favourite Singer

Day 73: “Who is your favorite singer?” The list is long. I have had so many favourite singers over the years. Some have been favourites for a short time and others have endured the many trials of fire that I have walked through. When i was younger and a bit angier than I am now […]

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10 Favourite Albums

Day 36: 10 – “Write about your top 10 favourite albums of all time.” I thought I had escaped writing about music for a season. I just finished listening to 1080 over the past two years. Actually, I was complaining during the two years that some of my favourite albums were not even on the […]

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#203 Santana – Abraxas

Santana‘s second album Abraxas was released in 1970. The only two notable things about this release are it is latin rock and Gregg Rolie was a founding member. On Santana’s third album Neal Schon joined the band. Rolie and Schon left Santana in 1972 and form another huge band by the name of Journey. I […]

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#128 Jeff Beck – Truth

Jeff Beck? How did he make it on the list I wondered. He is known for his guitar work. I hope this is not a guitar album. I do not want to listen to someone just playing the guitar for one hour. That is my truth, but I hope Beck’s first solo album Truth is similar. […]

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1001 Albums #29

At Newport 1960 is the second live album on the list that is recorded at Newport. McKinley Morganfield better known as his stage name Muddy Waters must have heard Duke Ellington’s Ellington at Newport and was inspired to do the same. In general, I am not a fan of live albums. I do not like the talking and the cheering between songs or during a song. There is one exception for a live album. In […]

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