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Will Play for Food

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Although I'am a 80's metal thrash head (metallica like lover) I do love virtuouso guitar work, and I must say...even though george lynch who is coming from a 80's hair metal band dokken, this man can truly rip a new a-hole to his listeners with his attack on the axe. I also have sacred grooove which I like a little more but with 3 instrumental tracks and a awesome version of Ozzy and the late Randy Rhoads' 'Mr.Crowley' he definitely does justice to the song. Also in reading his booklet he has comments on each song which is cool. My favorite track on this cd would have to be number 12, 11 is also a close second. Hope this helps.

This album is a collection of covers, guest appearances and left over material. I have the opinion that most of the time (but not always) the original version of a song is the better one, and that the value of a cover can be highly questionable. My curiosity made me buy this album and I quite like it. Some of the covers are rather unexpected like Scorpions "He's a woman, she's a man", Alice Cooper's "Billion dollar babies" and Ozzy Osbourne's "Flying high", but to hear another version of "Rolling and tumbling" is just boring to say the least. If you're a big fan of George Lynch I believe you consider this a must have, but others (more casual fans) might not think this album is essential. Anyway, it's rather fun and enjoyable to hear these songs, but aren't the original versions better?

One more thing: I wish there were more information regarding the songs, personal (i. e. singers) and where the songs appear in the first place.

This is more Lynch noodling around than anything... production isn't up to snuff. If you're a Lynch freak, you must have it, but if you aren't pass it by: it simply isn't worth it. The guitar, most of which is LITERALLY recorded through a simple Line 6 POD, sounds like garbage... everybody knows Lynch is a gear junky, and take that gear away: he sounds like a really talented guy playing through a POD. Sorry: not good enough.

This is a collection of rare tracks, many cover-tunes in the vein of his "Curious George" album. Standout tracks include Mr. Crowley, Rollin And Tumblin, and Train Keeps A Rollin'. There a few left-over Lynch Mob tracks, but they are among the album's weakest songs (there was a reason they were left off the original Lynch Mob albums). Kudos to George for tackling a variety of classic rock tracks, some with more success than others. The variety of the types of tracks on the album make it a relatively discontinous listen but there are some gems. The soloing on Mr. Crowley is a particular standout and it is almost worth buying the whole album just for that track.

this is unbelievable lynch needs to release more cd's

guitar hero from the 80s is back with a cd of classic covers and originals from his lynch mob days. some of the best cuts are "paranoid" & "mr crowley" and "flying high again" and there are also covers by aerosmith and scorpions and and some blues.