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Brothers and Sisters

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by: The Allman Brothers Band

Release Date October 14, 1997
I bought this album a couple of years ago, and I believe it is the greatest Southern Rock album out there. Lots of jamming from guitarist Dickie Betts. Ramblin Man is one of my favorite songs ever made (along with Stairway to Heaven, Echoes, Strange Magic, and Love Reign O'er Me). I highly recommend this album to any Southern Rock Fan.

CD-Charts Position 62
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Live at the Greek

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by: Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes

Release Date July 04, 2000
A friend of mine asked me to sell some used CD's for her on Ebay, and this was one of them. I decided (for some reason) to give it a listen as I was headed out the door one Sunday afternoon. My attitude was "Let me hear how much this sucks". After all, Jimmy Page, Black Crowes...yeah OK this is gonna suck like a vacuum cleaner.

I came home, called my friend and asked if I could keep this one for myself. Yes, it's that good. Simply put the energy of this performance via the Black Crowes is amazing, and then you add Page to the mix and you have one hot band. I would have bet that no way could this band measure up to Led Zeppelin, but they come mighty close for my money.

Another point is the sound...it literally jumps ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 63
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First Rays of the New Rising Sun

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by: Jimi Hendrix

Release Date April 22, 1997
Posthumous reconstructions of unfinished works are inherently dangerous, principally because even the most capable scholar or producer can only make, at best, an educated guess as to how the work in question would have been completed. Indeed, in dealing with some such pieces, you're sometimes lucky to get the work of the artist claimed (the Mozart Symphony No. 37 is a case in point -- it doesn't exist; the piece once labeled Symphony No. 37 and attributed to Mozart is now known to have been authored by Michael Haydn); and while there's no question that the songs on this CD were recorded by Jimi Hendrix, even the people who worked on the sides with him can't say which songs would have ended up on the finished version of First Rays of the New Rising ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 64
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Live at Carnegie Hall

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by: Stevie Ray Vaughan

Release Date July 29, 1997
Live At Carnegie Hall was recorded on October 4, 1984 (one day after Stevie's thirtieth birthday), and is a highlight of Stevie's early days with his band, Double Trouble. There are also guest appearances by John Hammond, Jimmie Vaughan, Dr. John, vocalist Angela Strehli (who sings an enthusiastic lead vocal on C.O.D.), and the Roomful Of Blues horn section. The performance is an intimate, but rousing, blues celebration of Stevie's birthday. At the end of the night, Stevie says, "Thank you very much for making this my best birthday ever...forever!". Musically, you couldn't ask for better. The sound and production are smart, and the performances are clean and inspired (that's an understatement on some of the songs!). The absolute best recording ever of ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 65
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The Sky Is Crying

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by: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble

Release Date November 05, 1991
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble's posthumous album, The Sky Is Crying, is a rarity in the fact that the outtakes here are of the same high quality of the rest of the band's albums. It's big on the blues cover tunes (all of their albums had a few) but the strong performances show an embracing of the blues rather than just a retread. The fact that no guitarist could play or sing quite like Stevie Ray certainly distinguished them as well. Everything here works as the band breathes even more fire into Lonnie Mack's "Wham", turns the Jimi Hendrix classic into a slow burner that gains in momentum until it reaches its end, and turns their own "Empty Arms", which sounded somewhat sluggish on Soul to Soul, into a joyous shuffle. Stevie Ray also shows his continued ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 66
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Diver Down

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by: Van Halen

Release Date September 19, 2000
I think this album would sound good if you were on coke. Points for the cunnilingus reference.

CD-Charts Position 67
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Neck and Neck

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by: Chet Atkins, Mark Knopfler

Release Date September 24, 1990
Why didn't I get this sooner?... This disc seems like a delightful, easy-going jam between Knofler and Atkins. Very enjoyable.

CD-Charts Position 68
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From the Cradle

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by: Eric Clapton

Release Date September 13, 1994
First, let me say I have nothing against white blues guitar slingers. Love Bloomfield and Jonny Winter.

Second, as a "classic rock dude" Clapton can't be beat. Layla, and all that other stuff- its seminal classic rock. The guy almost defines the genre.

However, as a blues player, and especially as a blues singer, he is way overrated. People float him five stars because of the above classic rock god status. "Clapton? I love Clapton. Five stars."

The licks are ok, the solos are ok when he keeps them short. When he tries to go gonzo on a slow blues, he just sounds silly. Everything after Bluesbreakers was downhill for the guy blues-wise.

And the singing. Terrible. Imagine the whitest dude you know- Nay, the whitest ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 69
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Women and Children First

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by: Van Halen

Release Date September 19, 2000
Although I had heard some of Women and Children First at a friend's house, I didn't really get into it until after I heard And the Cradle Will Rock on the radio. Then I had to buy the album and listened to it again, and again and again. Most VH fans I'm sure similarly wore out their turntables (not to mention enraging their parents and neighbors since of course the volume had to be turned all the way up). Now I have everything on CD and this disc, along with Fair Warning, get played more than the other DLR-era albums.

From a broadcast of Off the Record with Mary Turner I remember Roth joked that Eddie sleeps with his stratocaster. I think this album, more than any other, demonstrates what he was getting at, in terms of Eddie's familiarity with the instrument. The virtuosity ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 70
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Essential Santana

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by: Santana

Release Date October 22, 2002
tabla's to annoying cheesy crappy solo's for 40 mins.....no thanks. This is the elevator music from hell.