Sunday Video Brain Drain: Glam-tera
The band, as I got to know it …
For once, a band I never had the benefit of seeing live or hearing on the radio. But the band Access was one of the many local acts featured on the old Q102 compilation albums that featured local bands from the DFW area. This one’s from 1986 and definitely sounds very much “of the moment.” [...]
Back to the DFW music. This time, the video selected is of Dallas guitarist extraordinaire, Rocky Athas. Athas’ band, Lightning, technically precedes Savvy and runs about the same time as Point Blank. But the time when I first became aware of him succeeded both. I first heard about him from my guitar teacher during my [...]
Fort Worth’s finest from the early 80s. They did originals as well as covers, but since they covered one of my favorites, here’s that … The guitar player, Ricky Lynn Gregg, eventually got a little bit of run nationally as a solo artist doing country in the early 90s. For the full story – or [...]
Point Blank came out of Irving, TX in the mid 70s. This tune hit the charts in 1981 and I remember hearing it all over the radio during my junior high years. The day they invent time machines, I’m going back to listen to a lot of really cool music. Related Posts:Sunday Video Brain Drain: [...]