Monday Metal (Late)

 A little American Woman for you:

Some very interesting riffs on the solo, not organic to the original recording. They funked-up the amps for the chord progression but it's overall pretty heavy.

When the bottom fell out of Metal about 1990 (ok three very important albums were still on the way, but even this 17 year old could see the genre had run its course) we got into classic rock like The Guess Who, Free, Joe Walsh, Steve Miller, etc etc. 

We love the white suit. Older reader(s) will recall when dressing like you came out of the 70's would get your ass kicked, but as time passed this blog finds the overall aesthetic very genuine. These were their clothes. 

Monday Metal ...

...Tuesday Tally Amalgamation Edition

Last week we noted our love of classic rock. This week we thought we'd combine the Monday Metal with the Tuesday Tally to list our favorite classic rock songs.*

All Right Now, Free: Power chords, a climbing, triumphant sounding guitar solo and great vocals from Paul Rodgers. This was the first real rock song we learned to play. 

American Woman, The Guess Who: Great, screaming hook and more driving power chords. We play this in our sleep.

More than a Feeling, Boston: An obvious pick and a cliche now but such a great song regardless. Nice hook. We can play it. Older reader(s), isn't this kind of the 70's era teenager anthem?

Hot Legs, Rod Stewart: A 70's throwback to a 50's style song. The guitars sound like gravel and Stewart proves his rock and roll chops. Yeah, we can play this one too.

Hot Blooded, Foreigner: There are the power chords again with a very interesting solo. Mick Jones' vocal style stands apart from most the above, especially Rodgers and Stewart.

*Readers are invited to throw a few down in the comments.