![]() In the same manner that, say, to unsophisticated ears, the biggest blues stars of the ‘50s and ‘60s might sound “all the same,” I’m now aspiring to put together a grab-bag of vocalists like Daughtry, Rodgers, Frankie Miller and Gramm, listen to them all intently until I can recognize their smallest vocal quirks instinctively, spend a lot of time on the bar scene impressing girls with that knowledge-heck, who wouldn’t?-and then, in a show of Daughtry-esque solidarity, shave my head, deny my past, and hire a batch of musicians to play in a band bearing my last name! I’m into big-time career moves! With a line-up way too talent-heavy to list everyone, a huge array of great tuneage-I suggest you go the Blu-Ray or DVD route to hear everything-and its underlying assumption that those interested in this might have an attention span exceeding 30 seconds, this is good stuff indeed, and worthy of your time.ĭaughtry: Baptized (19 Recordings) It’s hard to get too excited or cynical about today’s pop stars who got their commercial start on such shows such as American Idol-largely because their bios, or at least the ones I read, do their best to never mention that fact! Dude, I know you were on that show! Anyway, as far as that entire clownish heritage is concerned, I’m inclined to give this guy the benefit of the doubt, mostly because he seems to be evoking that whole sub-metal hard-rock vocal genre pioneered back in the day by Paul Rodgers of Free/Bad Company, and in world where, say, Foreigner’s Lou Gramm can now be appreciated for vocal subtleties that perhaps escaped some of us way back in the ‘70s, Daughtry sounds much more credible than some of his detractors let on. Various Artists: Crossroads: Eric Clapton Guitar Festival Blu-Ray, DVD & CD (all Rhino) It my just be my imagination, but it seems that Eric Clapton, who appeared to have reached his commercial zenith back in the ‘60s when he was referred to as “God,” is now more popular than ever! Just one of at least three new collections bearing his name this year, this one-available in three different commercial formats-draws its content from this April’s celebrated two-day concert event in Madison Square Garden and features just about every hot guitarist you might imagine-Jeff Beck, Buddy Guy, Steve Cropper, Earl Klugh, the commercially popular John Mayer and…heck, just about everybody! It all sounds good, it all sounds event-worthy-and indeed, royalties from all of this will benefit the Crossroads Centre in Antigua-and most impressively, it all seems deliberately music-focused, rather than pop-star laden, which is a refreshing change of pace in late 2013. ![]() ![]() And while I’m not usually one to rave about inanimate objects, I don’t know-doesn’t the AMA trophy itself look kind of hot? Just a thought! ![]()
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