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Tesla - Standing Room Only Audio CD

A fair review of the Tesla "Standing Room Only" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Tesla reviews here, or go back to the Tesla tabs.

Tesla Band: Tesla
Title: Standing Room Only
Rating:
Release Date: 2005-02-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Cumin' Atcha Live 2: Hang Tough 3: The Way It Is 4: Song & Emotion 5: Heaven's Trail (No Way Out) 6: Mama's Feel 7: Freedom Slaves 8: Signs 9: Little Suzi 10: What U Give 11: Love Song 12: Modern Day Cowboy

Rock N Roll anyone?
There wasn't a lot of music being played at my house, but as I grew into adolesence I started listening to my clock radio before submitting to the land of dreams. I'm a little biased when it comes to Tesla because their first release was very important to a 13 year old kid growing up in Michigan. Top ten at ten became one of the favorite parts of my day and "Stairway to Heaven" and Van Halen's "Black and Blue" became my favorite songs. What an exciting time.

Thus, for Christmas that year I asked for some Led Zeppelin and Van Halen. Christmas morning came and went in a blur as usual, I got my Led Zeppelin (II to be exact), didn't get any Van Halen, but did get a strange looking cassette called "Mechanical Renaissance". Wow! That cassette turned my world around, never heard music played that way. From that moment on I was hooked and am happy to say that twenty two years later I'm still hooked, just don't have the mullett anymore.

With that said, this is a great release, from a great band. Tesla has never really pulled any punches, they are straight ahead Rock N Roll the way Rock N Roll is meant to be played; from the heart. I've seen them a couple of times live now and they have never disappointed and this is a good representation of how they sound in person. Jeff Keith gives me shivers at time, great voice. Frankie Hannon is a great guitar player (rumor has it he named his son after Alex Lifeson of Rush and he's married to Dickey Betts' daughter, talk about cool!) and it's good to hear him playing again with his old running mate, Tommy Skeoch.

The band is definitely a sum of it's parts, just a great mixture. For those of you who've grown up as I on this band, check out this cd. It will give some added flavor to some great songs, and for those of who are niave to this great band, do yourself a favor and check them out. You won't be disappointed, a lot different then some of the fluff and fodder from the same generation. Rock N Roll anyone?.


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