Category Archives: Country Rock

Music mentioned in this post is of the country-rock genre

Hotel California the Album
This post's featured album, Hotel California. "Eagles - Hotel California" Flickr photo by MrBlueGenes shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license

Ranking the Eagles: Album #5 of 6: Hotel California (1976) A Dark Desert Highway of Too-Many-Ballads, But Has Its Moments o' Greatness

Not Your Everyday Eagles ‘Best-of’ List

The ‘Hotel California’-era Eagles lineup was hands down, the GREATEST.

Welcome back to “Ranking the Eagles”! It has been a while since my last post on this topic. Here, I will rank all 6 Eagles albums from the 1970s, as well as the songs on each album. Rankings are based on my opinions only, with no sales figures, chart positions, or mainstream popularity holding weight. This week features my fifth favorite album of their 1970s output- good ol’ Hotel California.

Say WHAT? Hotel California only ranks at number FIVE?

#Yup. Continue reading →

The Long Run Album
"Eagles - The Long Run" Flickr photo by MrBlueGenes

Ranking the Eagles: Album #6 of 6: The Long Run (1979) Their Final Album of the 70s, Their Weakest Album of the 70s

Not Your Everyday Eagles ‘Best-of’ Lists

Welcome to “Ranking the Eagles,” a six-part blog series o’ mine. Here, I will rank all 6 Eagles albums from the 1970s from worst to best, as well as the songs on said albums. All rankings are based on my opinions only! Don’t expect my lists to mirror Rolling Stone Magazine or the like, as I have VERY different tastes than the mainstream. Which makes writing (and hopefully reading) these posts much more fun, amirite?

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Above: My Favorite Eagles lineup (1976-1977), L-R: Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Don Felder

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Week in Review April 1-April 8: 4 Things I Loved Last Week A Fortnight of Fabulousity, Four Times Over

It’s April, and Much Like Spring, I Have Finally Returned

To start the lovely week, my wonderful husband bought me these flowers.

April showers bring May flowers,
That is what they say,
But if all the showers turned to flowers,
We’d have quite a colorful day!

–From April Showers Bring May Flowers, by Karen Chappell

I’m back, and SO glad that April is finally here! March is definitely the longest and busiest month of the year. Or maybe it just feels that way? Continue reading →

Songs I Love: The Soundtrack of My Month, August 2016 My Top Five Most-Played Songs Last Month #1

Today, I introduce to you, dear reader, yet another new segment: “The Soundtrack of My Month.” Here, I list my top five most-frequently-listened-to songs of the past month. Additionally, I’ll include some interesting historical tidbits about each tune as well. Plus, a Spotify Playlist of my top five!
Beware: many of these tunes will be “oldies” (some semi-obscure) from the 1960s-1970s.

Because that’s how I roll. Continue reading →

Rick Nelson, In Concert: The Troubadour, 1969 Old Album, New Review #1

Today, I am pleased to debut my new segment called “Old Album, New Review.” In these posts, for your listening pleasure, I plan to review my favorite classic rock and roll albums of all time. Today’s review focuses on the album Rick Nelson In Concert: The Troubadour, 1969. Continue reading →