Song of the day SRV and Double Trouble- I'm Cryin'

Song of the day The Razor's Edge by AC/DC

Song of the day Reelin' & Rockin' by Chuck Berry

RRF ELO Out of the Blue

For random record Friday the record is The Electric Light Orchestra's Out of the Blue. I have only listened to this album once before. It is a fantastic album and one of there best. It has many of their greatest songs like Turn to Stone, Sweet Talkin' Women and Mr. Blue Sky. Below is the Concerto for a Rainy Day.This album also has one of the coolest covers ever. with a 2001 look to it. The album went platinum in America, Canada and The U.K.  selling over 1 million copies in the U.S. alone.

Song of the day- Ride On by AC/DC

 One of my 10 favorite AC/DC songs.

song of the day is Nutcracker and bonus song Comeback Baby by Pinetop Perkins and Hubert Sublin

Happy birthday to Jimmy Dawkins, Bill Wyman and to the late Sonny Terry and Big Bopper.

Song of the day/Something- The Beatles

Song of the day My Love by Paul McCartney and Wings

Song of the day Some Girls- The Rolling Stones

RRF Abracadabra - Steve Miller Band

This week's Random Record is Abracadabra by The Steve Miller Band. This would be the bands last big charting record of their career. I have never really gotten into their 80's stuff that much. They were mainly a 70's band even though they formed in 1967. It was not until 1973's The Joker that they became well known. Their mainstream success only lasted from 1973 to 1982. With the exception of The title track I don't really like this album I really only enjoyed their 70's albums. This album is nothing special they tried to get into the 80's groove with Synthesizer's in most of the tracks and sounding a little new wave. Just lots of bad love songs nothing special on this album.

song of the day Eric Clapton- Lonely Stranger

song of the day Dust my Broom Canned Heat

Happy 86th Birthday to the greatest and most influential musican in rock.

"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'." -- 
John Lennon

"There's only one true king of rock 'n' roll. His name is Chuck Berry."
-- Stevie Wonder 


"Berry's On Top is probably my favorite record of all time; it defines rock and roll. A lot of people have done Chuck Berry songs, but to get that feel is really hard. It's the rock and roll thing--the push-pull and the rhythm of it."
-- Joe Perry 

"[My mama] said, 'You and Elvis are pretty good, but you're no Chuck Berry.'"
-- Jerry Lee Lewis

"You are most certainly the inspiration for all of today's rock 'n' roll guitarists. Your music is timeless."
--  Smokey Robinson 

Happy 70th Birthday to Gary Puckett of GP and The Union Gap

Happy Birthday too a Minnesota native. Born 1942 in Hibbing and the lesser known of the two Hibbing born musicians.

Song of the day Instant Party (Circles) The Who

I just love this album.

This quote is also true for me.

Tuesday's song Love Hurts- Nazareth

Random Song of the day Everybody Wants You- Billy Squier

Random Song Thursday If I Needed Someone- The Beatles

RRF Move It On Over- George Thorogood and the Destoryers

For random record Friday I listened to an album that was the first rock artist I listened too. I had a version of Move It On Over on CD and this was what I listened too before I got it on record which was one of the first 20 records in my collection. Even since listening to this album I have liked George Thorogood and the Destoryers. Move It On Over was Thorogood's second album and in my opinion  his best album. This album is made up of all covers by Chess artists such as Chuck Berry, Elmore James, Willie Dixon and Bo Diddley and also the albums title track Move It On Over written and preformed by Hank Williams in 1947. This was the album that opened the door for me to all of the classic blues and rock artists. After hearing this I decided to go and listen to the original tracks by the original artists.  I had  only heard the original version of Who Do You Love by Bo Diddley and Move It On Over.  Up to this point I have had never the original version of The Sky Is Crying by Elmore James. I had only heard cover versions by Thorogood, SRV and Gary Moore. It was great to listen too this classic album again.

RRF Late for the Sky- Jackson Browne

Today on random record Friday we go from a group I have barely heard(The Moody Blues) to a artist(Jackson Browne) who I have heard many times before and has become one of my favorite musicians. I will be seeing him on October 28th with Sarah Watkins. Late for the Sky is my favorite Jackson Browne album of all time and I think it is his best. It also has my favorite of his songs For a Dancer. One thing I just learned while researching the album that the it's cover was inspired by a 1954 painting by Belgian surrealist René Magritte called Empire of Light. He states on the back of the album "cover concept Jackson Browne if it's all reet with Magritte." When I was looking though the liner notes I saw names like Don Henley and JD Souther. Browne wrote The Eagles hit Take It Easy two years earlier. Great album with not one bad song on it.