Don't count them out yet
Mike Rasor
Issue date: 4/26/07 Section: Arts & Life
Guitarist Brian May asked his buddy Paul Rodgers to fill in. Rodgers, the author of "All Right Now" and countless Bad Company hits, had been going solo the past few years. His bluesy yet British style fits perfectly with Great Britain's biggest '70s band. Of course, you have to put all prejudices aside of how you think Queen's hits should sound.
Rodgers is back touring solo again, but you can pick up a DVD or CD of his music with Queen just about anywhere.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Old guy: Ronnie Van Zant. New guy: Johnny Van Zant. As good as Ronnie was, vocals weren't quite what made Skynyrd so popular. Years after a 1977 plane crash killed Ronnie, his brother Johnny took over. Johnny's voice has a touch of biker-gang gruffiness. For Skynyrd, that's no problem.
Although almost the entire band is new, many songs on the newest album Vicious Cycle come to a powerful crescendo and speak deeper messages about faith and traversing through life, compared to many of the '70s songs that focused on drugs and women.
A lot of music fans wish they lived a few decades ago, when rock peaked. The glory days have been over for awhile, but under new vocals, many are still listenable shadows of their former selves.
Rodgers is back touring solo again, but you can pick up a DVD or CD of his music with Queen just about anywhere.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Old guy: Ronnie Van Zant. New guy: Johnny Van Zant. As good as Ronnie was, vocals weren't quite what made Skynyrd so popular. Years after a 1977 plane crash killed Ronnie, his brother Johnny took over. Johnny's voice has a touch of biker-gang gruffiness. For Skynyrd, that's no problem.
Although almost the entire band is new, many songs on the newest album Vicious Cycle come to a powerful crescendo and speak deeper messages about faith and traversing through life, compared to many of the '70s songs that focused on drugs and women.
A lot of music fans wish they lived a few decades ago, when rock peaked. The glory days have been over for awhile, but under new vocals, many are still listenable shadows of their former selves.
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