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This is a beautiful recording, and far better than one might expect from the 2000 performance date. Rather than reliving past glories from the 1960s, Paul Kantner and Marty Balin embrace that history and claim it for themselves as 60-somethings. The performances may not be as energetic as what the Airplane or the Jefferson Starship More»


In addition to the June 2008 Boston concert the release includes as a bonus 7 songs recorded at 3 concerts in 2006 - 2008. The last song is a 1995 recording. The band on the 2008 recordings are Marty Balin (guitar, vocals, tambourine), Donnie Baldwin (drums), Mark Aguilar (guitar, backing vocals), Gordon G. Gebert (keyboards, backing vocals) and Didi Stewart (vocals). More»


Nashville Sessions, the title of a self-released Marty Balin album suggests that the veteran rock singer who founded Jefferson Airplane and was a member of Jefferson Starship has gone country. That turns out to be only about half true, however. Certainly, the arrangements and instrumentation on the album differ from those on most albums featuring Balin. More»


Freedom Flight is Marty Balin's 1997 studio album. Unlike his previous solo efforts which utilized many supporting musicians, this album had Marty performing only with his own guitar work and some background vocalists.

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Live compilation featuring hits by Mountain and cover versions of hits for amongst others, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Cream ,and Steppenwolf.

 

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Better Generation is the third solo album released by Marty Balin. The album was produced shortly after Jefferson Airplane's reunion album and tour, without any other members of Jefferson Airplane involved. Balin's wife, Karen Deal, co-wrote a song (Skydiver) on the album, and played keyboards on most tracks. More»


Massimo Izzizzari has been blasting away on the guitar since the age of eleven, and he has studied the likes of Joe Satriani, Greg Howe, Yngwie Malmsteen, Pat Metheny et al. He has starred in numerous fusion style bands and has reached the finals of national guitar competitions in his native Italy. More»


Prophecy was released December 31, 2012. It is the second album by the band and features former members Conny Baumgartner (keyboards, lead vocals) and Carloz Gonzalez (bass). Gate To Infinity are from Dornbirn, Vorarlberg, Austria. The band was formed in 2004 by brothers Martin Hämmerle (drums, keyboards, vocals) and Bernhard Hämmerle (guitar, vocals) More»


The 4th and last release by Chicken Shack on the Horizon label. In 1970 Stan Webb had a falling-out with Mike Vernon which resulted in the group being dropped by the label. There were also disagreements within the group which resulted in the departure of Andy Silvester, Dave Bidwell and Paul Raymond. Stan Webb reformed the group as a trio. More»


United Guitars is a collection of guitar oriented collaborative albums produced by Mistiroux Productions under the artistic direction of Ludovic Egraz. The idea of ​​United Guitars is to bring together talents, regardless of their pedigree and their generation, whether they are known regionally, nationally or internationally, More»


A release from Kansas is most likely always worth checking out. Most of their recordings are enjoyable. Another thing is that it looks like the members of Kansas has a lot more creative way of creating titles than those in charge of creating compilations and live releases of their back catalog and archived recordings. More»


Tesla guitarist Frank Hannon commands Moon Dog Mane, as he leads the six piece group through a steady diet of good ol' down-home blues-based gritty rockers on Turn It Up. The good time vibe behind the twelve song disc is accented by a tinge of back porch Southern rock, with a few acoustic guitar fills accenting the numbers. More»


The band, which includes Blaine Dickinson(Lead Guitar), Brock Dickinson (Vocals), Jordan Lloyd (Bass), Justin Monds (Rhythm Guitar), and Matt Braddock (Drums), recently finished recording a new EP titled "Down Here", once again recorded and engineered by Daryl Phenneger. The EP includes 6 brand new songs and is currently available on iTunes. More»


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