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Top row, left to right: My Morning Jacket's At Dawn can best be summed up as an alt-country winner that draws very heavily on the laid-back, acoustic/electric "Tonight's The Night" and "Comes A Time" stylings of Neil Young. Really, really Neil-y. Mark Isham took a major risk that paid off handsomely with Miles Remembered: The Silent Way Project. Featuring guitarist Peter Maunu and a host of top-notch players, Isham revisits the fusion era of Miles Davis. It's hard to name highlights on such a consistently satisfying album, but the medley of "In A Silent Way / Milestones" and "Right Off (Theme From Jack Johnson)" impressively display the power and finesse of Isham and his band. On Tubes World Tour 2000, Fee Waybill and Friends are back...minus Bill Spooner, but with Roger Steen, Prairie Prince and Rick Anderson from the original band. Classics such as "White Punks On Dope," "Don't Touch Me There" and "Mondo Bondage" will bring back many fond...and maybe a few twisted...memories.
Bottom row, left to right: Eldorado was ELO's last "classic" album before the synth-pop started to creep in and the hits wound down. The hit single from this one was "Can't Get It Out Of My Head," but the lost classic is "Laredo Tornado." If you want prime ELO, look no further. Phil Manzanera's Diamond Head was a huge seller among Progressive fans when it debuted 25 years ago...featuring all of Roxy Music (except for Brian Ferry, but featuring the return of Eno) as well as John Wetton and Soft Machine's Robert Wyatt, Manzanera followed this one up with 801 Live (also featuring Eno, and also a huge seller when it was released). Finally, Double Trouble's Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon enlist the aid of Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Dr. John, Eric Johnson, Jonny Lang, Willie Nelson and more for Been A Long Time. The title refers to the album's hottest track, a raw bar-band stomp of Led Zeppelin's "Rock & Roll" featuring Susan Tedeschi on lead vocals.
Remember when San Jose's KOME 98.5 was a cool rock station? Then you also remember Jeff Blazy, one of the funniest and most creative morning drive-time DJs of all time. He's currently doing the 6 AM - 10 AM Weekday show at Sonoma County's 101.7 The Fox, and still performing the live stand-up comedy shows that made him a Silicon Valley legend...catch him on Friday night, February 22nd at 8 pm as part of Comedy Explosion 3 at the Last Day Saloon in Downtown Santa Rosa! Also check out his Web Site, and tell him CD Warehouse sent you!
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