Missionaria Protectiva

        Alex Van Halen's arena-sized ambitions and jazz-influenced nimbleness made Van Halen one of rock's most vibrant bands — millions of young drummers all over America drove themselves nuts in the Eighties trying to replicate the skip-stone tom-tom work and galloping swing he brought to "Hot for Teacher" or the tricky opening groove of "Finish What You Start." His devotion and toughness were pretty impressive too: A  1984  Rolling Stone  feature  described a show opening for the Rolling Stones where Alex played the entire with his hand broken in four places. "He couldn't even hold a drumstick," journalist Debby Miller wrote. "So he tied the stick to his wrist with a shoelace and went on with the show."  VAN HALEN Diver Down WB,1982 https://www.sendspace.com/file/t1umli

        For over 50 years, David Hood has provided backbone and signature bass lines to some of the greatest songs ever recorded. Never adding more than the song needs, never delivering less than the song deserves, yet always providing his signature blend of innovation and command of the musical lexicon. Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James, Cher, Bob Seger, Willie Nelson, Cat Stevens, The Staple Singers, Julien Lennon, Traffic…the list is endless.      J.J. CALE       Really       Shelter,1973 https://www.sendspace.com/file/ojc7yb

        Jimmy Page is a goddamn thief who owes much of his best work to robbing multiple bluesmen wholesale, from Willie Dixon to Muddy Waters. He also may be the greatest thieving guitarist of all time. What Page built from those blues foundations would itself become essential to most rock music that followed. You can easily argue that “Whole Lotta Love,” “Black Dog,” “Immigrant Song” and “Kashmir” belong on a list of the 20 best rock riffs ever, and that the first and third of those are top-five material. The influence of Led Zeppelin and Page is audible in metal, alternative, punk, post-rock and more.       Page’s work for Zeppelin is epic in scope and nearly limitless in its variety. The band featured a rhythm section and singer who were themselves all-time greats, but if you subbed in even a pretty good guitarist, it’d lose nearly half of its power. Songs like “Dog,” “Love” and “The Lemon Song” are the purest form of cock rock and the most enjoyable—comparable machismo-laden bands

         Known predominantly as the leader of UK prog rock heavyweights Atomic Rooster, Vincent Crane’s musical journey, following his graduation from Trinity College of Music, began with his first professional show as the Vincent Crane Band at the Marquee Club in 1963. Joining The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown in 1966 and touring extensively as a result of the worldwide smash hit single and album, Fire, he would eventually leave after four years and form Atomic Rooster with TCWOAB drummer Carl Palmer in 1970. For five years and four albums, the band enjoyed a number of hit single and album releases plus successful European and U.S. tours. Crane eventually called time on the band in 1975, undertaking an alternative career in musical theatre until re-forming Atomic Rooster in 1980 for another four year run and the release of a further two albums. A desire to explore a more blues-based outlook saw the formation of Katmandu in 1984 and in 1985 he joined Dexy’s Midnight Runners for their Don