Hello & welcome! The music world seems to currently (unfortunately) revolve around hip-hop, rap, country & sugar pop slop...Those are fine if that's your thing, but, here, as well as in many other places, ROCK still lives! This blog is all about ROCK, BLUES, & METAL. With occasional love to funk & punk too! You'll have to go elsewhere for the other flavors because, sorry, this ain't Baskin Robbins..
The purpose of this blog is to, yes, talk about the greatness of past music, turn you on to things you mighta' missed out on..but most importantly, it's to keep everyone abreast of the best NEWLY-released rock/blues/metal that comes out, because rock radio is floundering, and everything's about the latest pop idiot or rap a$$hole, so blues & metal don't even get a chance! Hell, they don't even get let in the room anymore, and that's frustrating enough to make me start writing!
Mr. Lance Lopez...a BEAST of a musician!
Those of you that know me, know how much I always rave about my pal, Texas-based guitar beast, bluesrocker phenom, Lance Lopez. Lance has a new CD just released (available on amazon & iTunes), called "Handmade Music", and it is an all-you-can-eat buffet-table of amazing guitar, Texas-flavored blues, and just generally well-crafted songs. Lance gives you shuffles, slow blues, crunchy riff rockers, and, as always, a healthy dose of funky. This is the 2nd cd in a row where Lance has hooked up with legendary producer, Jim Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd), and the results here are just as satisfying as Lance's previous disc, "Salvation from Sundown". On this latest disc, though, standout tracks for me include: crunchy ZZ Top-ish "Hard Time", soulful ballad-ish Let Go", bluesrock grinder "Black Cat Moan", and Lance's unique take on the Robert Johnson classic blues track, "Traveling Riverside Blues"..which is so delicously different from the Led Zeppelin version, it's mind-blowing! ..Here's "Hard Time", to give you a taste: Lance has never put out a bad disc, and I highly recommend the whole catalog: "First Things First", "Wall of Soul", "Simplify Your Vision", "Higher Ground", "Salvation from Sundown", and this newest masterpiece, "Handmade Music". Pick it up, and fire up the grill! It's the best BBQ music you may have never even heard of yet!
