Pat Travers Band – Crash And Burn

Solid Electric Blues album. Borders on prog and dabbles in rock but holds strong as a classic

I’d give it a 4, but it’s a little corny and dated sounding, mainly due to the production techniques of the time, & songs like Crash & Burn, The Big Event don’t help things. That aside, Pat Travers is a monster guitar player! Total shredder! Snortin’ Whiskey & Born Under A Bad Sign just might melt your speakers! Another feather in his cap would be he’s influenced players like Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, so need I say more?

I think the digital versions kinda wash out the guitar tone, but it sounds great on the vinyl. (The guitars are really worth hearing too -- listen to those solos!) The reggae/new wave/pop songs are a little suspect, but the blues-rock really rocks, and when they combine it with new-wave keyboard effects on "Material Eyes" the result is the first Alice In Chains song. Worth picking up at the $1-5 that it usually costs.