Robert Jon & the Wreck – Red Moon Rising

Red Moon Rising - Robert Jon & the Wreck
Ok yesterday I was browsing on Spotify when spotted a recommendation for me. The recommendation was for “Rager” a single release from Robert Jon & the Wreck. The single also included “Hate to See You Go” . After listening to the songs and liking them a lot I checked out their Spotify home page and saw they released a full album Red Moon Rising back in June of this year. So I decided to check it out! I liked it also and this morning it became the soundtrack for my granddaughter  Emma’s walk! Here’s what I discovered about the band.
About Robert Jon & the Wreck

Robert Jon & The Wreck are a Southern California band which has taken the Southern Rock sound and made it their own. The band was formed in 2011 and the members include: Robert Jon Burrison (lead vocals, guitar), Andrew Espantman (drums, background vocals), Henry James Schneekluth (lead guitar, background vocals), Warren Murrel (bass) and Jake Abernathie (keyboards). Read More

Zac Harmon was great! The Run not so much

Floreada's Boy- Zac Harmon cover

So more and more I am going to make this more a true Weblog! And by that I mean I’m going to make it more about what’s happening in my life, I will still be writing about books, music and turning back my biological clock. However, I usually struggle with analyzing why I like a book or even an album, so I have a hard time writing a review type post. I don’t like to write a complete analysis of each song on an album or a deep analysis of each book i read. I like to write a little about what the book is about, along with a little about the author. Hopefully, the posts I write may lead the reader to a new author or musician! With all that being said let’s see what happened today! Read More

A Search for a New Blog Name – How I started Where I am!

OK so here is my problem. I am part of the Baby Boomer generation (1946-1964). Yes, I love the Sixties it was a great time to be young. We grew up in a time of social upheaval. The music we listened to, the clothes we wore and yes just the way we acted was totally different from our parents.  They were of the Silent Generation (1928-1945). Actually my father was born in 1924 but he grew up within the silent generation years. Read More

106 Miles to Chicago – The B Christopher Band – Keeps Me Running!

106 miles to Chicago - The B Christopher Band cover

The Nerdy Details as I Try to Start Running Again!

Ok so over the last two weeks I have semii-started to run again. I say semi because I have only run three times since July 26th.  Oh, and I had a stress test on August 5th. The first two runs were actually run/walks. On both of those runs I basically ran a little and then walked a little. Read More

The Death of Us – Lori Rader-Day – A Great Read!

Ok so for a few days I was doing pretty well in writing new posts, Then I sort of fell off the wagon again. The good thing is that I have still been reading, listening to good music and even running. Well, maybe slowly jogging is more correct description! As I said I have been reading and have finished two books so far this month. The first book was from one of my favorite authors Linwood Barclay. His latest I Will Ruin You.   The second was from Lori Rader-Day an author, who was unfamiliar to me. Like Barclay’s latest I read Lori’s latest The Death of Us. Since that one is fresher in my mind I’ll write about it in this post, Read More

Village in the Dark – Iris Yamashita (Cara Kennedy Book#2)

Village in the Dark Iris Yamashita cover

Village in the Dark by Iris Yamashita is book number 2 in her Cara Kennedy series. It is a mystery thriller set in Alaska. Book 1 in the series is City Under One Roof. Cara Kennedy is an Anchorage Police Department Detective. She is on administrative leave after her husband and son disappear while on vacation in Point Mettier. Point Mettier is an isolated town where its residents all live in one high-rise. In book one Cara finds some of the answers to her husband and son’s disappearance and they weren’t pleasant. (I’m not spoiling things by telling you what she discovered). Anyway at the end of the book she makes another discovery that leads her back to Point Mettier to see if she can find the final answers! Read More

This Winter Machine – The Clockwork Man – This Winter Machine  Neo Prog – 2023

The CockWork Man by This Winter Machine

One of the prog rock albums that has been in my music rotation for a while now is  The Clockwork Man by This Winter Machine . This Winter Machine is a multi award-winning Neo Prog band from the United Kingdom. It was formed in 2016 by vocalist/song-writer Al Winter

About This Winter Machine

This Winter Machine began as a quintet originally comprised of :Al Winter (voices), Gary Jevon (guitars), Marcus Murray (drums), Mark Numan (keyboards), and Peter Priestly (bass) –

The band’s early influences included:  the pioneers of 70s Symphonic Progressive or 80s Neo-Progressive scene. Major influencers of the band came from  Marillion, IQ, Pendragon, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Rush and Genesis. Their first album was titled The Man Who Never Was. It was released in 2017.

The Man who Never Was was well received by audiences, press and radio worldwide.  Their second album ‘A Tower of Clocks’ solidified their standing in Prog Rock circles.  ‘Kites’ the band’s third album saw a major revision in the musician line-up. The album garnered both critical and audience acclaim after its release in 2021. The album continued to expand their fan-base.

The Clockwork Man

The Clockwork Man was released in December of 2023. And is the band’s fourth album, This is the album I’ve been listening to and really  like! The musician line-up looks like this…..

Al Winter / vocals
– John Cook / guitars
– Leigh Perkins / keyboards, whistles, backing vocals
– Dave Close / bass
– Alan Wilson / drums

With:
– Andre Saint / vocals (track 4)
– Ade Fisher / guitar solo (track 1, part 2)s. Read More