I got the Whitesnake's tribute album, so I listened to it this morning. It was really great! The Led Zeppelin's tribute album I got before was great too. The singers on thie Snakebites album are all good, and somewhat similar to David Coverdale. I haven't heard Steve Grimmet's vocal for a long time. I liked his band called Lionsheart. It was a great band. It's 14 years ago that I went to the signing session of Lions heart ... time goes by very fast! The photo on the right side is the autographs of the band members from Lionsheart.
I recognize again that Whitesnake made many great songs and they still rock! And I really look forward to the new Whitesnake's music!!
I bought the tribute album for Led Zeppelin's drummer, John Henry Bonham "24/7/365 The Tribute To Led Zeppelin". It was recorded by Frankie Banali and his friends. Frankie plays all drums and Tony Franklin plays bass. Different singers and guitarist play on each songs, so it's rich in variety. Singers there are Glenn Hughes, Don Dokken, Robin McCauley, Paul Shortino, Mark Boals, Jeff Scott Soto, etc. And the guitarists are Doug Aldrich, Reb Beach, Bruce Kulick, Gilby Clarke, Bill Leverty, etc.
On the first song "The Wanton Song", Doug Aldrich plays the guitar. Everytime I listen to his play, his guitar play is getting cooler. I love his plays. Don Dokken sings on "Kashmir". I remember that Burning Rain played this song at live in Japan in 1999 ... Keith's vocals fit this song. Don's vocal is a bit softer, so it sounds different. "The Immigrant Song" is cool! I copied this song a long time ago when I was playing the guitar.
All songs are cool, I think, because the original songs are great. I like Doug's play a lot, but Gilby Clarke is cool too. I heard Bill Leverty's play after a long time ... it's powerful. About the singer, I like Jeff most. Led Zeppelin's songs are rather simple, but great. I wonder why "Rock N' Roll" and "Stairway To..." are not featured on this album ... These 2 songs are ones of the best!
Doug played for Sera Masanori's self cover album again. It was recorded in LA this summer and it's called "Jacaranda". It's the second album of Twist International following the first album released in 2003, "Sho". Most songs are Sera Masanori's old songs, but 2 new songs are included. And this time it's the acoustic album and sounds different.
"Anta No Ballad" is basically a heavy song, so it sounds different from the original one. It becomes warm and soft. Doug's slide guitar is cool on "Soppo" and Doug himself seems to like it most. The acoustic guitar is powerful on "Yadonashi" and "Hikigane". And the new song "Jacaranda" sounds relaxed and comfortable, and Sera Masanori's vocal is different from the other songs in the album. Both Doug and Sera Masanori's guitar is great.
The limited edition includes the DVD. It features the scenes from the recording and the interviews. Jacaranda flower looks very beautiful in LA. The studio looks a nice place filled with nature. The recording session has very good atmosphere. I can feel they really enjoy playing together. Sera Masanori has a longer career than Doug, and Doug says in the interview that he keeps learning from Sera Masanori's playing everytime. Twist International played in Japan with "Sho" album in 2003. I hope they will play some acoustic shows with this album.
This is the new single of Hikaru Utada released on February 28.
This is the theme song for the TV drama "Hana Yori Dango 2 - Returns".
I've been watching this drama since the part 1. This is a kind of funny love story, but in the part 2, it becomes the sad and painful love story.
Hikaru's vocal fits this story so well and it's great.
This is the new ending theme for the animation "NANA". Every songs used for this animation "NANA" are great, and I always enjoy them. This "Black Tears" is a ballad, and different from "Rose", but it really suits Black Stones. The second song, "JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH"is used for the TV commercial of NISSAN MARCH (Car commercial), so maybe some of you listened to it. The deep sadness version of "Black Tears" is really cool and gorgeous.
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