Hi Everyone,

So every now and again you stumble across things to do with music that really float your boat, last week this happened twice to me so I thought I would share them with everyone so you can give them a try to see if you enjoy them as much as I do.

Greta Van Fleet!

So I am a little late to this band but one of my customer’s mentioned them last week and now I am totally obsessed having bought both albums on CD and Vinyl and have booked tickets to see them at Rock City in March.

Basically they are a young band of 3 brothers who share guitar, bass and vocal duties and a friend on drums coming out of Michigan, basically they are heavily influenced by their parents music growing up so if you like Led Zeppelin, Rush, AC/DC and even some Gun’s N Roses you need to listen to them, I would say they are one of the most exciting bands in decades.

They really seem to split people’s opinion though with people like me and Wendy who have really fallen under their spell and there are others who really don’t like them and see them as a tribute band which I really don’t get as it was around 40 years ago we had rock like this so it is great to bring it back in a fresh way for a new audience, the way I see it they have got a huge possible audience with old time rockers like myself + they appeal massively with the young, it must be a really exciting time for them as they start to gain some real momentum, anyway check out the video below to see if it is something for you, I know your first thoughts will be of Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin, someone described them as the most important band since Guns N Roses which I have to agree with, personally I just can’t get enough at the moment, roll on the gig in March

Vinyl Heaven

Another great find last week was when I was looking on internet radio for Virgin to tune in to the new Chris Evans show I stumbled across a UK station called Vinyl Heaven and I have been listening to it ever since during the day, their big thing is that they only play Vinyl which I guess is a little questionable when being played out on a digital radio station but there is no questioning the music they play, I turned it on yesterday to Bruce’s Thunder Road and today they have just played Prince’s Paisley Park, 2 of my favourite tracks of all time.

A couple of cool time slots are 70′s at 7am and 80′s at 8am but basically if you are of a similar age to me, 50, then I would most definitely recommend a listen as they really do play tracks I haven’t heard on the radio for years like last week they played Boxer Beat and Let’s Go All The Way, 2 of my favourite 80′s tracks.

You can listen online from their website below if you fancy giving it a try.

http://www.vinylheaven.co.uk/

Cheers,

Paul.