Music Review: Styx, Gary Moore, Paul Rodgers, Black Label Society, and Elvenking - Page 2

If you wanna gripe, it might be the weak selection of extras included on this Blu-ray. It's merely a collection of interviews, no extra tracks. I enjoyed this and suspect you will too.

Paul Rodgers: Live in Glasgow

Let's see. Paul Rodgers, voice of Free, Bad Company, Free and The Firm plus his own solo stuff, released a DVD of a gig in Glasgow that featured his son (who sounds just like him) opening for him. The producers of this DVD would have to work very hard to fail with that package. Chuck in a tight as they come band with Howard Leese on guitar and its pretty much a dead cert.

And disappointingly, as I am a critic, it lived up every inch to what you would expect. Even the extras are pretty good with his son doing a track, a decent length interview with the man himself (questions weren’t even daft), and an interview with the band.

The music is an impressive as you would expect from this uber-talented man. Rodgers is good at letting the music do the talking and he does a nice selection of tunes from his entire career. He is every inch the consummate blues rock vocalist and shows why he is thought of as such. Whether just him and a guitar or with his cracking band the guy just oozes class.

There is no need to list the highlights because it's one big highlight. One of the best concert DVDs I have seen and pretty much a classic.

Black Label Society: Skullage

This is a release from BLS so you can expect a certain level of professionalism and value for money. Actually they have really outdone themselves with this CD/DVD set, the collector's edition it says. There is one hell of a lot of stuff on here to sink your teeth into that tells the tale of Zack & Co up until now. It’s a history of the band as told through songs, lives performance and videos.

What I most enjoyed is the never been released “Slightly Amped” live performance with Zack, a guitar, his bandmate on guitar and him singing his guts out. Beer can clearly be seen in the not-so-slick video shot. They say that any good song has to be able to be sung acoustically and the versions of “Blessed Hellride”, “Spoke on the Wheel”, “We Live no More”, and “Stillborn” surely speak to this notion.

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