In 1984 Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble released their second album, Couldn’t Stand the Weather. Different from the three day trip to the studio when they recorded their debut that was meant to be a demo, this album was designed as an album and was worked on as such. There are so many good tracks on the album, but a favorite of mine is the title track. Read the rest of this entry
There has been a lot of anticipation of what the new/old Van Halen will sound like. The time is here as Van Halen released the new video for the single Tattoo. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what people expected with the updated version of Van Halen with David Lee Roth returning to vocals, Eddie Van Halen on guitar, Alex Van Halen on drums, and Wolfgang Van Halen on bass. The slow groove sounds like something that could have been on one of the later Van Halen albums. First thought was that it reminded one of the David Lee Roth solo era, when people wondered why they didn’t do songs like that in Van Halen. Read the rest of this entry
There has been a bit stirring as of late about the upcoming Van Halen record. Consider it a full on shake with the band releasing three trailer videos with the scrolling message at the bottom that reads, “Van Halen on tour 2012, First tickets on sale January 10′th.” There are four videos featuring classics like “Jump”, “Hot for Teacher”, and “Panama”. There is a fourth that splices the previous three together. The black and white footage shows the band, Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, and Wolfgang Van Halen working the stage, possibly rehearsing.
And we are back! After a bout with cleaning up some hacker splatter, MusicLee inclined is back. Thank you to those that are still subscribing, hang in there! going into the new year I’m going to be putting out the rock and blues commentary and reviews, as well as digging up those free guitar resources. I’m looking forward to getting back in to finding those musical gems on the internet and sharing them with you.
Unfortunately, in the mess of starting over, I have lost my previous posts. I’ll be putting some of them back up that I had written and saved outside of MLI. I would appreciate the subscribers hanging in there while these posts show up in the feed as we get started again.
In 1984 Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble released their second album, Couldn’t Stand the Weather. Different from the three day trip to the studio when they recorded their debut that was meant to be a demo, this album was designed as an album and was worked on as such. There are so many good tracks on the album, but a favorite of mine is the title track.
