Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR July 8, 2022
ERATO The Bacon Brothers (independent) ****+
I ignored The Bacon Brothers for years thinking they were just another Hollywood vanity project, but 2020’s The Way...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR October 4, 2021
SOUTHERN Stephen Foster & Howler (Thoroughbred Music) ****
Southern blues powered by greasy slide guitar; the album title Southern makes perfect sens. They’ve had 8...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR February 8, 2022
LIVE AT 3RD & LINDSLEY NASHVILLE Scott Ramminger (Arbor Lane Music) **** ½
Well this is something they don’t send me every day; sax based...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – May 14, 2023
LEGACY OF BLOOD, FIRE & STEELÂ Ross The Boss (AFM) ****+
That’s a fitting name for this ‘best of’ set from a co-founder of Manowar. Ross...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – Jan. 23, 2023
RAWK ON Tundra Music Collective (Good People Music) *** ½
The big payoff for writing music reviews for as long as I have (33...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR September 21, 2021
RANCHWRITERS Ranch Writers (True North) **** ½
This is a joint project between Barney Bentall and Geoffrey Kelly. I’ve been a fan of Barney’s since...
Music Reviews by John The Rock Doctor July 9th, 2020
ROUGH AND ROWDY WAYS Bob Dylan (Columbia) ****
I haven’t always had the easiest relationship with Dylan’s music, finding some songs and albums inspiring and...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR March 14, 2022
THE DEVIL DON’T LIKE IT Dedicated Men Of Zion (Bible & Tire Recording Company) ***
North Carolina’s Dedicated Men Of Zion, a fiercely talented gospel...
Music Reviews by John the Rock Doctor – Dec 2022
WILD MYSTIC MOUNTAIN Charlie Treat (independent) ***
Bluegrass anyone? This East Nashville singer/ songwriter is drawing on his rural upbringing in the raw, rootsy tradition...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR May 11, 2022
DEJA HOODOO Lew Jetton & 61 South (Endless Blues Records) ****+
Lew Jetton & 61 South are back to charm us with the 5th album...