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Angels - I wasn't familiar with them before this, but I liked everything about this CD. Good musicianship and they rock. I'll go deeper into their catalogue for sure. 3 1/2.

Peter Frampton - I had to set aside my prejudices here because Frampton Comes Alive was the most over-hyped and over-played record of the year I graduated high school, and all I wanted to listen to was "It's Only Rock and Roll" and "A Night at the Opera". Gloing back to this with a fresh perspective allowed me to enjoy it. The songs are highly familiar, his voice is fine and he is a decent guitarist. Enough to give this a 4.

Ringo - It's the same album at 71 that he might have put out at 61, that probably put out at 51 and that he was planning to put out at 41...but he gets props for continuing to record and play, even if it's tired, somewhat stilted and not very memorable. 2

QOTSA - I appreciate them more that I would if I didn't get a lot of exposure to them at work. They are a solid rock band with good songs, good hooks, well produced, etc...It's not a CD I'd put on for a Sunday Brunch with the family, but it certainly is good night time car music. 3 1/2.

Atmosphere (GH) - Not my favorite genre. Not my favorite practitioners of the genre. If Andrew Dice Clay fromted a band, this is what it would sound like. Made me long for the Bloodhound Gang. Ugh.

Topic...So, how do we get from Alejandro Escavedo to Velvet Crush to Lucinda Williams? Lynn Blakey. Background singer extraordinaire, sang on "Man Under the Influence" (Escavedo) and "Teenage Symphonies to God"(Velvet Crush)along with other VC albums. Then, as a member of 'Tres Chicas', covered Lucinda Williams' "Am I Too Blue" on their album "Sweetwater."

As a bonus, to bring this full circle, Lucinda Williams contributed a song to "Por Vida", A Tribute to the songs of Alejandro Escavedo, which was a charity effort for the Alejandro Escavedo Medical and Living Expenses Fund.