by James Hales | Mar 26, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
After the immense success of their first major album, “Wherever I Am”, would the Talleys be able to top it? Many sophomore recordings have fallen flat, as artists feverishly try to exceed the success of their first hit recording, rather than just enjoy the ride and...
by James Hales | Mar 19, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
By summer of 1984, the Talleys had signed with Canaan Records and were soon in the studio recording their first label album, and the comparison between this album and their first 2 independent recordings is like night and day! During the time leading up to signing...
by James Hales | Mar 12, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
I hope everyone enjoyed my walk down memory lane with the Kingsmen. It truly was a labor of love for me and was something I thoroughly enjoyed doing. Shifting gears and going with a group that completely contrasts the male quartet mindset, I wanted to go in a...
by James Hales | Mar 5, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
This particular article is rather bittersweet for me, as this will be my final review in the Kingsmen’s discography. Every week since the first week of February, we’ve been talking about the Kingsmen, and we’ve talked through nearly 40 albums over the last 30+ weeks,...
by James Hales | Feb 26, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As we approach the new millennium, the Kingsmen experienced a couple of changes. As I mentioned in my last article, Jason Selph joined the group to play bass, but he also was quite the vocalist and lent his vocals on several songs during his time with the Kingsmen....
by James Hales | Feb 19, 2025 | LP Review, Reviews
As mentioned in my last article, the Kingsmen went through a few changes after the release of “You’re Not Alone” in 1997. First, Chris Collins got married and departed the group…enter Jerry Martin. I became familiar with Jerry back in the early 90’s when he was...
