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    Today we have the second studio release from Lynyrd Skynyrd, aptly named “Second Helping”.  As you may recall, I absolutely loved their debut album, and while this album has a couple of songs I’m not crazy about, it also has my two all-time favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd songs plus a healthy collection of other greatContinue reading “Lynyrd Skynyrd “Second Helping” (1974)”

    On to album three from the Eagles, today’s album is “On The Border”.  For this record, the band began to make changes in their lineup, their sound, and even their production.  The primary goal of these changes was to evolve their sound to a harder edged, rock and roll album after the western-based, countryContinue reading “Eagles “On The Border” (1974)”

    It’s hard to explain sometimes why I like Steely Dan so much.  They are a funky band filled by guys who aren’t funky at all, playing with a bunch of groove, even though they aren’t groovy at all.  They have hints of jazz in their sound, but they aren’t jazz musicians… they are just…Continue reading “Steely Dan “Pretzel Logic” (1973)”

    Next, we have legendary Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings, with one of their best and most well-known albums, “Band On The Run”.  Because it is Paul McCartney and not John Lennon, of course it is not included in Rolling Stone’s Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, but it really is aContinue reading “Paul McCartney and Wings “Band On The Run” (1973)”

    Today represents one of the most unexpected and enjoyable moments of this entire journey, from an album that wasn’t even supposed to be on my list.  Yesterday, I saw a social media post highlighting the song “Ramblin’ Man” by the Allman Brothers Band, noting that it was released in 1973, the year we areContinue reading “The Allman Brothers Band “Brothers and Sisters” (1973)”

    We move from one New York/New Jersey singer songwriter to another with Billy Joel’s second album, “Piano Man”.  Not surprisingly, this album is dominated by the autobiographical title track, which was the only notable hit on the record, but there are some other interesting songs to contemplate here.      I am a big fanContinue reading “Billy Joel “Piano Man” (1973)”

    With his second release in 1973, we return to New Jersey for “The Wild, the Innocent & The E Street Shuffle” from Bruce Springsteen.  Initially, this album was not a major commercial success either for Bruce, but it did continue to build on his growing legend in the Mid-Atlantic region of America.  Ultimately, itContinue reading “Bruce Springsteen “The Wild, the Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle” (1973)”

    Many people look at “Tommy” as the most significant milestone ever reached by Pete Townshend and The Who.  While it was certainly groundbreaking as a concept, I look at their next “rock opera”, the magnificent piece “Quadrophenia” as a much more powerful and more impressive musical creation performance, by all of the band.  AContinue reading “The Who “Quadrophenia” (1973)”

    Somewhere around 1991, when I owned a small pickup truck, I was helping a coworker move and was listening to some Bob Marley when “I Shot the Sheriff” came on the radio.  She looked at me with a quizzical face and said, “That’s a terrible cover of the Eric Clapton song.”  As you canContinue reading “The Wailers “Burnin’””

    As we near the end of the 1973 albums, we have the album today that became the #1 selling album in 1974.  “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road”, created by Elton John and his lyricist Bernie Taupin, along with the core of what was now fully operational as John’s touring band, is an outstanding collection ofContinue reading “Elton John “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” (1973)”