It’s no secret to folks who’ve read B&V before that most of our favorite rock bands here are strongly marinated in the blues. When I finally got into rock n roll in the late 70s/early 80s as a teenager, the bands I was into were the older bands – bands from the 60s and early…
“Heart of Gold – This song put me in the middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there.” – Neil Young, from the liner notes of his superb greatest hits LP, Decade. I have been extremely impressed with some of the…
As long time readers know, a few weeks ago I posted about our B&V favorite debut albums, Pleased To Meet You… The Epic List of Our 40 Favorite Debut Albums. As I was compiling the list of all the great debut albums out there, well, the list began to get a little unwieldy. I was somewhere…
In the late 70s when Cheap Trick was at their true zenith, I was in junior high school. As the 80s dawned, I began my mostly mediocre high school years. When I was in junior high school everybody rode the bus to school. I suppose there were some kids who were close enough to walk,…
*Image above from the internet and likely subject to copyright. According to the Urban Dictionary, the term “mental jukebox” refers to: “the effect of a random song playing in your head for no reason, often followed by another song completely unrelated to the first, much like a jukebox on random. For example, “Why the hell was…