Music Reviews by The Rock Doctor – Dec 3rd
I’LL SING THE BLUES FOR YOU Trudy Lynn (Connor Ray) *** ½ This is the Houston-based blues belter’s 12th solo album, and as she...
Music Reviews by John the Rock Doctor – August 8th, 2020
DEEP DARK DEMON Mark May (Gulf Coast Records) ****
If you want rafter shakin’, soul quakin’, baby makin’ blues, Mark May is your guy. Deep...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor: April 7th, 2020
SLEEPER Chickenbone Slim (Lo-Fi Mob Records) *****+
With a name like that you’d expect an old black guy with a tattered amp bent over a...
Music Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – March 6th, 2021
LIVING IN A BURNING HOUSE Selwyn Birchwood (Alligator) *****+
The new album from Selwyn Birchwood. It’s more of what he calls “electric swamp funkin’ blues”,...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR – May 3, 2023
CUT FLOWERS Rhindress (bandcamp) *** ½
This is the first album for this husband and wife duo from Kelowna, BC. Cut Flowers shows Jim (guitar, vocals) and...
Rock Doctor Reviews – LOUD HAILER Jeff Beck (Rhino/ Atco)
While I consider myself something of a fan, you couldn’t say that I’m a slavish Jeff Beck worshipper. Loud Hailer is Jeff’s first album...
Hot Wax Album Reviews by the ROCK DOCTOR June 14, 2022
RUN TO DAYLIGHT The Groove Krewe (Sound Business) ****+
If this album doesn’t make you move, check your pulse. The spirit of New Orleans style...
THE ROCK DOCTORS HOT WAX ALBUM REVIEWS – WEEK OF DEC 4
1962-1966 (2023 REMASTER) The Beatles (Universal/ Apple) *****
I’ve fallen for this before with Kiss, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin; buy the re-mastered albums only...
Music Reviews by the Rock Doctor – August 17th, 2018
OUT OF THE BLUES Boz Scaggs (Concord) *****+
I went to Scaggs’ website and counted, this appears to be his 19th album overall. It’s the...
Get Off My Lawn! How Do You Keep The Music Playing? By John the...
“HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?
By John The Rock Doctor
I’m 62 years old. With the average lifespan roughly 80 years, it can be...