Well, it's that time of the week again. It's also Maundy Thursday, so you should see if your Church has an online service. The phrase I always remember is "I want you to love each other as I have loved you." So let's not hold grudges and keeping being together even after this pandemic fades. Anyway, there's a reason for the subtitle for this week, as you will see.
Joe Satriani-Shapeshifting: A virtuoso famous for teaching Kirk Hammett of Metallica and fellow virtuoso Steve Vai, Satriani is famous for his tunes "Surfing with the Alien" and "Satch Boogie." He spent some time as the guitarist of Sammy Hagar's band Chickenfoot, and has guested on albums by Alice Cooper, Don Felder and even actor Hank Shearer in his role as Derek Smalls from Spinal Tap. Satriani's last album featured Glenn Hughes and Chad Smith as the rhythm section, but nobody's of that caliber has been advertised this time. Still, if you love intense guitar music, he's always worth a listen.
Chuck Berry-Rockin' and Rollin' in the New Year: The original rock and roll guitar hero (or at least, it's debatable between him and Carl Perkins), Chuck Berry made hits most people know, such as "Roll Over Beethoven," "Rock and Roll Music" and of course, "Johnny B. Goode." This is a posthumous live album, and what's interesting is the MP3s appear to be available tomorrow while the CD won't be released until September.
Joe Bonamassa, The Sleep Eazys-Easy to Buy, Hard to Sell-Joe Bonamassa is an intense blues guitarist who has been a part of Black Country Communion and collaborated with Sammy Hagar and Robby Krieger of The Doors for a live performance of "Roadhouse Blues." This album actually features a cover of the James Bond theme (released as a single) and looks interesting, to say the least.
Emerson and Lake Tribute-A compilation of various artists playing songs either Greg Lake or Keith Emerson or both played on during their lives. Songs I'm especially interested in include "21st Century Schizoid Man" played by Todd Rundgren and Brian Auger, "Lucky Man" played by Geoff Downes and Martin Turner, "Still...You Turn Me On" by Sonja Kristina and Steve Porcaro and "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Keith's son Aaron and grandson Ethan.
Mountain-Live in Melle: Mountain was a late 60s-early 70s hard blues-rock band that played Woodstock and is most famous for the song "Mississippi Queen." This release features that song, as well as songs from Cream due to guitarist-singer Leslie West and drummer Corky Laing joining with Jack Bruce from Cream for the supergroup West, Bruce and Laing in the 70s. A song from this supergroup, "The Doctor," is also on the release.
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