Classic Rock Review

In Step by Stevie Ray Vaughn

1989 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, Texas Artists

Buy in Step After a four year hiatus from recording, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble finally released their fourth studio album, In Step in June 1989. The album’s title refers to Vaughan’s […]

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
by Neil Young

1969 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, Canadian Artists

Buy Everybody Knows This is Nowhere Neil Young‘s second solo record, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, was the first of his string of classics. Released in May 1969, this album was also the […]

Is Dylan a Prophetic Entrepreneur?

2019 Special Features

Buy Slow Train Coming If art is always open to interpretation and art can be examined from a new prism for deeper meaning; then we might ask a simple question. Could Bob Dylan […]

Echo by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

1999 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, Florida Artists

Buy Echo Closing out the century with their tenth studio album, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers blended folk/rock arrangements with introspective lyrical themes on Echo. The album’s tracks were composed and produced in […]

Crimson and Clover by
Tommy James & the Shondells

1969 Albums, American Artists, Articles by Ric Albano, Midwest Artists

Buy Crimson and Clover Tommy James and the Shondells hit their creative and commercial climax  in 1969 with their sixth studio album, Crimson and Clover. This album combines some heavy psychedelic elements with […]

Motörhead’s 1979 albums

1979 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, British Artists

Buy Overkill Buy Bomber During the year 1979, Motörhead released their second and third albums, Overkill and Bomber, two records that put this hard rock trio on the map. Overkill was an unexpected […]

Supernatural by Santana

1999 Albums, American Artists, California Artists

Buy Supernatural The amazing thing about Supernatural is how popular and commercially successful it became in spite of its plethora of styles, multiple lead vocalists and bi-lingual lyrical content. Released in 1999, this […]

The Guess Who’s 1969 albums

1969 Albums, Articles by Ric Albano, Canadian Artists

Buy Wheatfield Soul Buy Canned Wheat Although the group was already over a decade old and had already released three albums, the pop career of The Guess Who really got underway with the […]

George Harrison

1979 Albums, British Artists

Buy George Harrison Released in early 1979, George Harrison’s eponymous studio album is a light and breezy work of bliss and contentment by the ex-Beatle as he started a new family in his […]

Deep Purple’s 1974 albums

1974 Albums, British Artists

Buy Burn Buy Stormbringer In 1974, Deep Purple released their only two albums with the “Mark III” lineup, Burn and Stormbringer. With these records, the group not only replaced vocalist Ian Gillan (who […]