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Month: April 2021

Album Reviews6 Comments
Album cover for Greta Van Fleet The Battle at Garden's Gate

Album Review: Greta Van Fleet – The Battle at Garden’s Gate

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Drew

I first heard about Greta Van Fleet a few years ago. You have to hear these guys. They sound like Led Zeppelin, I was told. Then I heard Greta Van Fleet. And I thought it was Led Zeppelin.   More … Continue reading Album Review: Greta Van Fleet – The Battle at Garden’s Gate

Travel7 Comments
Golden Spike Tower at Bailey Yard in North Platte, NE

Visiting Nebraska

April 21, 2021March 24, 2021 Drew

Author’s Note: The last of my travel adventures from the past. This trip was taken two years ago but posted one year ago today on another blog just as I had done with my Rwanda and Italy trips. See links … Continue reading Visiting Nebraska

Profiles6 Comments
Interview with Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon

Flashback: My Interview with Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon

April 19, 2021April 20, 2021 Drew

Author’s Note: I used to write baseball articles for a now defunct website and I was given the opportunity to interview Kevin Cronin, singer for REO Speedwagon about the band opening the Tampa Bay Rays summer concert series in 2011. … Continue reading Flashback: My Interview with Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon

Travel7 Comments
Scenic view of the Painted Hills

Visiting the Painted Hills of Oregon

April 18, 2021April 18, 2021 Drew

Come and see. This sight to behold. Something explained yet leaves you mostly seeing the unexplained. The Painted Hills. Come and see this master work of God’s creation that looks more like terrain from the planet Mars yet sits about … Continue reading Visiting the Painted Hills of Oregon

Album Reviews5 Comments
Album cover for The Offspring Let the Bad Times Roll

Album Review: The Offspring – Let the Bad Times Roll

April 16, 2021 Drew

“Is this the yelling band?” “No.” “They sound like the yelling band.” “It’s Social Distortion. You’re thinking of The Offspring.” “Yes. They yell through their songs. It seems like he needs a cup of hot tea.” You have just read … Continue reading Album Review: The Offspring – Let the Bad Times Roll

Album Reviews4 Comments
Album cover for REO Speedwagon's first record

Debut Album Review: REO Speedwagon – Self-titled

April 13, 2021April 12, 2021 Drew

What a difference a singer makes. Your father’s REO Speedwagon, or maybe your REO Speedwagon, has little in common with the REO Speedwagon that entered the music scene in 1971 with the eponymous debut album R.E.O. Speedwagon. (OK, seriously, what’s … Continue reading Debut Album Review: REO Speedwagon – Self-titled

Album Reviews7 Comments
Metallica Kill 'Em All Album Cover

Debut Album Review: Metallica – Kill ‘Em All

April 6, 2021April 5, 2021 Drew

You’d be hard-pressed to find someone, not already in the know, to identify the band that released Kill ‘Em All as the same band that released Hardwired…To Self-Destruct. The fast-paced speed metal of Metallica’s debut album Kill ‘Em All introduced … Continue reading Debut Album Review: Metallica – Kill ‘Em All

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