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From the opening sweep of strings on “United We Stand” – the cut leading off Elton John’s Spirit In The
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The Jeff Healey Band – Live At Grossman’s 1994
By the time Jeff Healey and band mates Joe Rockman (bass) and Tom Stephen (drums) returned to Toronto in 1994
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Peter Frampton‘s reputation as a guitar player has sometimes overshadowed his strength as a songwriter, and I find it curious.
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John Mayer’s Continuum really opened my ears. I came across this record by accident – not that I didn’t know
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The Internet has opened up a new world market for record and CD collectors, where one can search for any
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Guitarist Robin Trower made a seamless jump from Procol Harum in the early 1970s to a solo career, exciting new
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I can’t think of another rock band whose first two releases were double albums. Talk about ambitious! Chicago were that
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