Still of the Night From the album Whitesnake (self-titled) by Whitesnake, 1987 This is the venerable John Sykes on guitar, who can make that Les Paul scream like jetliner. Not to mention this song also features some of the coolest use of a cello in rock and roll history. His fantastic work is all over […]
Music
This is my first post in a series called Obscurities, where I will suggest a fresh listen to albums that never achieved commercial success, or were never radio-friendly to begin with. Of course, millions of albums would fall into this category, but I will highlight music from my own collection. Some are new, some go […]
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Alice Cooper is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. A fitting honor for the original shock rocker. I listened to a great interview with Alice on NPR’s Fresh Air today. During the show he explained how he modeled his stage performance after classic vaudeville. He simply updated […]
