Who had the best run? — So this tweet came up on a local sports talk show here and the best they could come up with either the first 5 Zeppelin albums, or the 5 Beatles albums preceding Yellow Submarine. Neither is a great list, but both are terribly obvious, too… Keeping in mind this…

by Revolution Saints — ~ Is it still a supergroup if it’s just three dudes? ~ Deen Castronova is the member of the group here that’s really gotten around to a lot of other bands, but Doug Aldrich has played with more than a few as well. Jack Blades is probably the most famous of the trio from his time in both Night Ranger and Damn Yankees. Together, the combination of excellent guitar riffs, harmonized vocals, and an thumping driving beat, give you a perfect slice of hard rock radio goodness that could have easily been a bigger hit with just a minor amount of oomph behind it from the record company

by Tedeschi Trucks Band — ~ Groooooooove ~ Southern rock usually gets lumped into a Venn diagram with country music on it. And given Susan tedeschi’s former life as a country singer, you would totally expect that from them as well. But the Venn diagram for TTB needs a significant overlap with soul music as well. The groove that they bring to so many of their tunes would be perfectly at home in a 60s soul concert just as much as a ’70s southern rock one

by The Revivalists — ~ #2 is the groove ~ My old ’06 Subaru had a 6-disc CD changer, and one of them — #2 — was the “groove” CD. …

by Gioeli — Castronovo — ~ 6 Degrees of Deen ~ There’s a guy named Sean McIndoe who writes about hockey for a sports website called The Athletic. Now, he does cover some serious things like rules changes and analyzing proposed trades. But he also gets goofy pretty frequently. …

by Mother Love Bone — ~ It was a perfect match of song and movie ~ They’re really ought to be a wing in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for Cameron Crowe and his soundtrack choices. Paul Westerberg’s Dyslexic Heart acted as the title track for the movie, but this one was its heart and soul. Andy’s lyrical themes and offbeat phrasing (is…

by John Hiatt — ~ A classic rock riff from a roots rock master ~ How the hell is this not a bigger hit on classic rock radio? Seriously? It’s a hook-laden tune with a serious southern vibe, interesting rhyme scheme, decent story underneath, and a riff that would kill when sandwiched between Tom Petty and Pink Floyd. It rocks without being heavy. It…

by Guns ’n’ Roses — ~ It’s an all-timer ~ Welcome to the Jungle kicks in the listeners teeth with a devastating riff cribbed straight from the best of Aerosmith (just ‘turn around’ the riff from Back in the Saddle and see what you get) and lyrics that scared the hell out of any suburban white kid with delusions…

by Lulu — ~ barely-controlled chaos ~ It’s hardly the most famous version of the song, for my money, it’s the best. Lulu’s singing is easily the equal of Joe Cocker’s, and the band underneath her is just barely-controlled chaos as everyone just sort of seems to play whatever parts they feel like and it all…