Jake E. Lee - Retraced

2005

A bunch of covers of classic bands and it's not their hits. (Well, maybe a couple hits. Rock Candy...). Tim Bogert and Ansley Dunbar are the rhythm section with a singer and of course Jake E. Lee playing a bunch a guitar. It all seems to stay very true to the originals. You could put this on with your Sucking The 70's comps... The Small Stone comps with the 70's tunes. Well, this would go well with those. This unfortunately doesn't have the aggressiveness or heaviness of some of those covers. This is more about Jake E. Lee shreding some of the songs he grew up with and not trying to make them his own. Comes across as a project some guys did for fun. They Cover: Procol Harum, Cactus' arrangement of Howlin' Wolf, Free, Johnny Winter, Grand Funk Railroad, James Gang, Montrose and a few others. This is a fun record. Nothing great. Sounds more like a bar band than arena rock. A would much rather listen to this than most albums "guitar players" putout.

Sweet - Off The Record

1977

Somewhere between Queen and King Diamond, but not as good as either. Those really high harmonies don't even sound human. I suppose this is a bit more rocking than their more popular stuff. Plus there's a James Brown type funk tune on here.

Procol Harum - A Salty Dog

1969

Been diggin' this one quite a bit lately. Background tunes for old people.

Rabbits - Lower Forms

2011

At their worst they sound like Big Business, but they sound like a bigger more evil Godheadsilo the rest the time. They have a sorta Bonzilla/Weedeater/Eyehategod thing going on too. You get the idea. Noisey.

Scott H. Biram - Something's Wrong / Lost Forever

2009

Mostly old school Country music with a bluesy delta influence and some punk energy. Don't forget the gospel.