Monday, June 9, 2014

June 9, 2014

THE ALBUM OF THE DAY
BOSTON...Walk On
Released: 20 years ago, June 7, 1994
Highest Chart Position: #7 U.S. Billboard Album Charts
Track Highlights: I Need Your Love, Walk On medley

While this album is very very good it cannot match the quality of Boston's first 3 albums ("Boston," "Don't Look Back" and "Third Stage). It is also very sad that it took Boston 18 years to release only 4 albums (and only 2 since "Walk On"). Nevertheless, long periods of time between albums is what Boston does.  "Walk On" has that classic Boston sound to it but the songs just can't match it's three predecessors.  I do recommend it as it is still a very good listen.  A three out of five stars.
(vinyl, CD, Allmusic review)

ROCK BIRTHDAYS FOR JUNE 9
Dean Felber of Hootie And The Blowfish is 47; Dean Dinning of Toad The Wet Sprocket is 47; Matthew Bellamy of Muse is 36;

ON THIS DATE
1915 Les Paul is born in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Paul died in 2009
1941 John Lord of Deep Purple is born in Leicester, United Kingdom.  Lord died in 2012
1958 Jerry Lee Lewis takes out a full page ad in Billboard magazine trying to explain his marriage to his 14 year old cousin Myra
1969 Mick Taylor signs on as the replacement of Brian Jones in the Rolling Stones
1972 Bruce Springsteen signs with Columbia Records
1978 Some Girls by the Rolling Stones is released
2008 Mötley Crüe initiate legal proceedings in L.A. against one of their managers. Crüe claim that Burt Stein took money from them and conducted deals behind their back

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