Ever heard of a band called Simon Says? Well, if you had, you would pick up this CD, put it in, and instantaneously think you had mistakenly bought one of their early releases. Don’t get me wrong; it isn’t the first time I’ve heard a band sound like another one. That actually seems to be …

Dirty Pictures is a Los Angeles based rockin’ blues band formed in 1996. Their 7 song CD is full of good ol’ rockin’ blues with fun lyrics. Members are: Drew Cobb, lead vocals, harmonica, and guitar; John Cross on bass; Paul Rosenthal, lead guitar and Michael Kramer on drums. These guys know their stuff and …

David Amram, Southern Stories. David is a musician of many talents. He plays six or more instruments from piano to flutes. Song two; Dreams of New Orleans, to me, sounds quite similar to Glenn Frey’s Smuggler’s Blues, but with a bit more of a country flavor. Then there’s Once You’ve Been To Texas. In this …

Buddy’s CD, ‘I Need An Angel’, is chock full of your straight-down-the-middle, Grand Ol’ Opry country music, a la Hank Williams George Jones. The CD is very well produced by Buddy, himself, along with Bobby G. Rice and Norm Herman.

Now here’s a voice. From her first note I knew Amy-Jayne McCabe was a vocalist who sings from the gut, as well as from her heart. Amy has a strong voice and sings with great feeling. At times, she reminded me of Linda Ronstadt, one of my all-time favorites. I particularly liked the up-tempo songs …

ROUND TRIP, John McEuen Live In L.A., is an excellent CD. Most songs written by John. Great Songs. Great Musician. This is John’s first live CD. John has been in the music business for many years and was in one of the hot bands of the 1960’s, The Dirt Band. They played with the likes …

Hardcore music with, basically, death style vocals. Infuser, is a young band from Old Saybrook, Connecticut with much potential and far advanced for their years. You’d never guess they were still high school. Being a lover of the heavy stuff, you can be assured I liked what I heard on their tape and if they …

Once again Republic/Universal Records has signed a terrific band. 3 Doors Down, (Brad Arnold, vocalist/drummer; guitarists, Chris Henderson and Matt Roberts, and bassist Todd Harrell) hail from Biloxi, Mississippi. Though bassist Harrell states, “It’s not really alternative or metal or anything — it’s rock ‘n’ roll”, I see it as heavy yet melodic, metal-edged alternative …

This little demo was handed to me during the usual after show flyering/distribution feeding frenzy. Then, I got home last night, and another copy was magically waiting for me on my doorstep. Not to be ignored, it’s a 3-song demo by a band on the Immortal Records label called U.S. Crush. Due in stores on …

Step Kings have been at it for a few years now. The band put out an EP a while back that was well-recieved, then eventually captured the attention of Roadrunner Records, and have officially arrived with “Let’s Get it On” which is scheduled for a Spring 2000 release. The 12-song debut from this 3-piece band …