Al Kendall's Al-bum Sides

07/23/2025

Happy birthday to singer/songwriter/guitarist John Hall of Orleans ("Still the One"/"Dance with Me"). Here's some pure-unadulterated Al Rock for ya.

Yes he founded Orleans, but he had another hit

07/23/2025

Happy birthday to Saul Hudson AKA Slash of Guns N' Roses. Here he is on one of my favorite songs of all-time alongside Neal Schon of Journey with the legendary Bad Company...

Great Jam Session with Paul Rogers (Formerly of Free), Neal Schon, Slash and Bad Company playing "The Wishing Well"

07/23/2025

Welcome to Wild, Wonderful Wednesday once again. Today's offering is Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay" which was released on July 19, 1969 off his Nashville Skyline album. It was originally written for the film Midnight Cowboy & features Charlie Daniels on guitar alongside West Virginia Music Hall of Famer Charlie McCoy on bass.

“Lay, Lady, Lay" by Bob DylanListen to Bob Dylan: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to the Bob Dylan YouTube channel: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/_subscr...

07/23/2025

When I was a kid, I would spend a week at my grandparents' in KY, work on their farm for pay, & go spend it at the Fayette Mall. One year, I picked up an import lp called Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits. Great selections for cheap! The cover was a 16th century painting called "The Triumph of Death" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder - lots of death, darkness, and horrible things.

I guess my grandmother was concerned about it and contacted my parents who questioned me about my choice. It was soon after the church protests of Ozzy Osbourne's concert here at the Huntington Civic Center was covered on MTV. And despite what jy family feared about the album cover and Ozzy's reputation, I was not receiving messages to worship Satan or kill myself or others. Quite frankly, I've always been really bad at picking out the lyrics of songs and couldn't have understood him even if he was trying to do that to me.

There is no doubt that Ozzy & Sabbath left a mark on the musical landscape, essentially inventing heavy metal. So here's to you, Ozzy, the prince of darkness & the court jester all rolled into one.

released 1977-Bill Ward – drumsGeezer Butler – bassTony Iommi – guitarOzzy Osbourne – lead vocals

07/22/2025

Here's a great question I posed last year... What did The Cincinnati Reds' coach Sparky Anderson have to do with the death of disco? Tune in to WMUL tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. to hear the answer.

07/22/2025

Happy birthday to Rick Davies (1945,) the only constant member of Supertramp. He played keys and wrote most of the big stuff. He even sang some. Like this one.

Watch GIGS on Samsung TV Plus: https://www.samsungtvplus.com?action=play&target_tab=discover&target_id=GBBD3000004VR&target_type=1 Supertramp - Bloody Well R...

07/22/2025

Happy birthday to Disney composer Alan Menken who, I believe, was key to Disney finding new life after a lull in the late '70s & early '80s. Here's a pretty cool, fun cover of a pretty cool, fun song. Jillian Kendall

Get the official Under The Sea tee now! https://punkrockfactory.com/Three sausages and one blowfish take you on an enchanting journey under the sea.. Well, n...

07/22/2025

Birthday wishes to the late Bad Company former singer Brian Howe. A fantastic voice. The first time I heard it was on this song, and I compared it to a cross between Paul Rodgers and Lou Gramm. I guess somebody heard me as he went on to sing with Bad Company's Mach 2 lineup. This is an ultrarare clip that I'd never seen until today. Great tune.

VINTAGE TV/VHS RIP Collection the 1980s and 1990s I used to record on VHS everything related to music that I could catch on TV. Lately I ripped it all ...

07/22/2025

Happy birthday to the godfather of funk George Clinton, born on this day in 1941.

Q: How much funkier can it get?
A: None. None more funky.

07/22/2025

Here's a belated birthday salute to late music producer/songwriter Kim Fowley (7/21/1939 - 1/15/2015). Long before he helped assemble The Runaways with Joan Jett, he co-produced this record which featured drum god Sandy Nelson on a trash can.

Alley-Oop (Frazier) by The Hollywood ArgylesChart-topping novelty about the comic strip character, led by Gary Paxton (who was also recording as ‘Flip’ of Sk...

07/22/2025

Talk2Me-2sday-Topic-4-2day:
O Canada Rocks edition

07/21/2025

Ok, I'll play, but... I don't have one. 1. The first show I went to that was all about me was Joan Jett in '83. Her guitarist was in the hospital; but instead of canceling the show, Joan stepped up, covered all the guitar parts & played the show anyway. Simply amazing.

2. I was once in my car heading to see John Cafferty (Not a fan, but what the hell, it was a free show) in Jacksonville, FL while listening to a Greg Kihn Band cassette. When the album ended, I popped on the radio where they announced he had canceled, But instead of canceling the show, they replaced him with, wait for it... The Greg Kihn Band! One of my all-time favorites.