by James Hales | Nov 6, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
I’ve always felt that “Better in Person” was a unique live album for the Kingsmen. When compared to their other live recordings, this was a very laid-back, and slower paced live album. While it’s not my favorite live recording by the Kingsmen, it’s a very special live...
by James Hales | Oct 30, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
We’ve reached a milestone this week, as we’ve come to the halfway mark on our journey through the Kingsmen’s discography. Including this article, we’ve covered all their mainline recordings from 1972-1984, and we’ll spend the next several weeks plunging into the next...
by James Hales | Oct 23, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
With 3 major live albums under their belt (4 if you count “Give the World a Smile” with Grady Nutt), the mighty Kingsmen were pros at creating historic and exciting live albums! Their first live album, “Big and Live”, was recorded in Gadsden, Alabama 10 years prior,...
by James Hales | Oct 16, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
Just as some of their previous studio albums had lived in the shadow of their “live” predecessors, I think the same can be said for “Your Ride’s on the Way”. This album contained some wonderful songs, and I listened to it incessantly as a kid, as I was obsessed with...
by James Hales | Oct 9, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
Every time the Kingsmen stepped on stage to record a live album, it was historic and iconic. In what was supposed to be just a single album release, “Live…Naturally” took on a life of its own, ultimately becoming a 2-record set, and the biggest selling album that the...
by James Hales | Oct 2, 2024 | LP Review, Reviews
The year leading up to the release of the Kingsmen’s 1980 album, “Ring the Bells of Freedom”, was marked with quite a bit of change within the group. With Squire’s departure from the Kingsmen in 1979, Eldridge Fox stepped in to take over the baritone position until a...
