Battle of the Bands Results:: The Smoke Has Cleared

Here is a fun cover to start this post. The current guitarist  for Deep Purple Steve Morse and the guitar player from Mr. Big  jamming on Led Zeppelin's "Back Dog."

Paul's band Mr. Big received three votes in my last Battle of the Bands. The winner was the band I dubbed "The Rock and Roll All Stars" who garnered 5 votes.

The All Stars included Paul Rodgers, Bryan Adams, David Gilmour, Brian May, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, RUSH and more.

After  tie we have a winner and we will move to something different in February!

Battle of the Bands: Overtime More Smoke

My last Battle of the Bands ended as a tie. I thought I would try and fine two more covers of the iconic "Smoke on the Water."

The original if you needed a reminder..

The two below are the contenders. I ask you leave a comment telling me which one you liked the best. The winner is the one with the most votes.

Contender One: Mr. Big

Contender Two: Rock All Stars

Who will win? The 80s/90s rock band Mr. Big or the band I am dubbing the Rock All Stars. You all decide. I look forward to your votes.

Happy Birthday Brian May

Brian May celebrates his birthday today July 19. He is best known as being the lead guitarist for Queen. He is also has a PHD in Astrophysics.

Below he answers questions about Space and Astrophysics...(There is an S-bomb in there as well). Thought it would be neat to share another side of Brian May...

Of course you know I am going to celebrate his music as well! 

Here is a solo song from Brian May called "Too Much Love will Kill You"...

Here is "No One But You" a song created by the surviving members of Queen after Freddie Mercury's death. The female on the song is Kerry Ellis, a musical theatre star in London's West End.

Last but not yet here is a song by Queen "Who Wants to Live Forever"

Thanks for tuning in and I will be back soon with a new post

A to Z: Queen

There is a kind of magic about Queen. Over the years I have come to respect Brian May as a guitarist and Freddie Mercury was incredible fronting the band. There music appealed to me in different times of my life. Really, how many bands can appeal to you as a child, a young adult and a grizzling aging one?

I liked this song when I first heard it going to summer camp in Florida, my daughter who just turned six likes this song, and her brother who is 16 liked this song when he was young. Take a listen to "Another One Bites the Dust"...

And  the biggest sports anthem...

Obviously I picked Queen to blog about today since the letter in the A to Z: Challenge is Q. Sometimes this blog is just a great exciuse to write about bands or musicians. In my college years, Queen resurfaced to me. The Highlander films were big with the crowd I was hanging out with. The epic sword swinging tale about immortals who could only die if their heads were cut off.The original movie came out while I was in high school but I guess it was kind of a cult classic. Here is the movie trailer...

Okay, I am rambling a bit. Queen provided the music for the films and put out a great album called "A Kind of Magic."  Hence Queen's comeback in my life...

Then there was this song with David Bowie, which still resonates with me in today's world. It was older but thanks to classic rock radio stations it kind of made a comeback 10 years later or so...

Then Freddie passed away. Their was an epic concert. Whioch featured an all-star cast. Elton John, Robert Plant, Axl Rose, and more,,,

Then Queen tried to carry on with Paul Rodgers....

But the original Queen ruled even in Wayne's World...

Well thank you for taking a little journey through my life and Queen. I hope you enjoy and I will be back soon with a new post.