Winter 1975 comes to my mind when I think of Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti album. That's when it came out, quenching everyone's thirst for new Zep, including mine, but it's also what I think of whe
Derek & the Dominos classic album Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs seems to always land on those "best album of all time" lists, and for good reason. It probably is! Especially when you consider it's historic significance. It's when Clapton first met Duane Allman and invited him to the sessions, and it's when Clapton was stealing George Harrison's wife and writi
The live Springsteen nugget on today's Vault was recorded in August, 1984, during the slam-bam "Born In The USA" tour. Being the prolific song writer Springsteen is, covers are not usually part of his daily repertoire; when they are, they are good ones! Trapped, which was used on the "We Are The World" compil
Only Jim Morrison could come with "Before you slip into unconsciousness, I'd like to have another kiss." Innocent enough, maybe asking for a good night kiss. But coming from him, it's mysterious or maybe even a little creepy. Yes
Red House would be a top 5 fave on any blues rock guitarist list, I'm sure. Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray, Jimi Hendrix, they all did it, to great effect. Let's hear a rare radio spin of it via Jimi's ax today around 5:
Tipping our hats to the Allman Brothers today, literally; Duane AND Gregg. That will take two tracks which we'll call a "twofer" and borrow a tired old cliche that rock radio used to do all day every Tuesday ad nauseum. First up, a Duane Allman instrumental he wr
Who could forget the classic "Charlie Knows" bit from the live version of Heavy Music? Certainly not anyone from around here! The lengthy concert piece will be featured on today's Vinyl Vault in honor of Bob Seger's former drummer Charlie Allen Martin, who you can hear on the sing backs. Not only could Charlie skin the drums, but was a great singer! He sti
Lets travel to 1974 today when Joe Walsh was trying to top the career crowning The Smoker You Drink project just a year before. So What was released that year and you can guess it wasn't quite the hit it's predecessor was. Big enough though, it spawned a hit with Turn To Stone, a remake of his own Barnstorm track, and gave
The last album that Traffic made came in 1974 under the title When The Eagle Flies. It wasn't their biggest or best but still got significant airplay, especially Walking In The Wind, which is today's track. (They did make another one during the 1990's but I always considered it a Winwood solo alb
