Post here what albums there currently are in your CD/MP3 player. I’ll start. When I’m not listening to these, I’m either listening to Classic Vinyl, Ozzy’s Boneyard, Octane, BB King’s Bluesville or Howard Stern on Sirius XM.
Alter Bridge - Fortress
My favorite rock album of 2013 so far. These guys are seriously talented musicians and songwriters. There’s a lot of complexity in there. If you think good rock music doesn’t get made anymore, this album will change your mind. This album has everything. Fantastic, tight live band, also.
- “Cry of Achilles”
- “Addicted to Pain”
- “Bleed It Dry”
- “Lover”
- “The Uninvited”
- “Peace Is Broken”
- “Calm the Fire”
- “Waters Rising”
- “Farther than the Sun”
- “Cry a River”
- “All Ends Well”
- “Fortress”
Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad of John Henry
Great blues by one of the biggest guitar talents of this generation. My favorite album by him for several years now. “Dust Bowl” that came out earlier this year is also really good.
- “The Ballad of John Henry”
- “Stop!” (Sam Brown)
- “Last Kiss” Bonamassa
- “Jockey Full of Bourbon” (Tom Waits)
- “Story of a Quarryman”
- “Lonesome Road Blues”
- “Happier Times”
- “Feelin’ Good” (Cy Grant)
- “Funkier Than a Mosquito’s Tweeter” (Ike & Tina Turner)
- “The Great Flood”
- “From the Valley”
- “As the Crow Flies” (Tony Joe White)
Halestorm - Reanimate 2.0
A bunch of covers of classic rock songs by a bad-ass band with their own unique sound. One of the coolest bands to see live today.
- Dissident Aggressor (Judas Priest)
- Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
- Shoot To Thrill (AC/DC)
- Hell Is For Children (Pat Benetar)
- Gold Dust Woman (Fleetwood Mac)
- 1996 (Marilyn Manson)
I absorb the genius behind the music… then re-channel that genius into my writing. Shoulders of giants etc.
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