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For My FriendsBlind Melon
Release Date: 04/22/2008
Original Release:
2008
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 1017087_CD
UPC # 811481010286
Label: Wishbone Entertainment Inc.
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Performer: Blind Melon
Distributor: Alternative Dis. Alliance Notes: Blind Melon: Travis Warren (vocals, acoustic guitar); Christopher Thorn (guitars, lap steel guitar, Wurlitzer piano); Roger Stevens (guitars, piano); Brad Smith (bass guitar, percussion, background vocals); Glenn Graham (drums). Their first studio album in 13 years, FOR MY FRIENDS finds Blind Melon continuing in the vein of their work in the 1990s. The band's rise to stardom was stopped short in 1995 with the sudden death of lead singer Shannon Hoon, but replacement Travis Warren, who reenergizes the band on FOR MY FRIENDS, does an impressive job filling his shoes. For fans, the album will be a welcome return to Blind Melon's friendly, relaxed, classic rock-influenced roots, with tunes like "For My Friends" and "Wishing Well" hitting the same expansive rock-&-roll highs of the band's 1992 debut. Confident and freewheeling, Blind Melon's comeback disc makes it feel like no time has passed in the interim.
Benefiting from the early-1990s grunge Zeitgeist without directly participating in it, Blind Melon explored the edges of classic guitar rock, with added touches of homespun folk and white funk. Their biggest hit was the gentle rocker "No Rain," whose sunny melody and uplifting video (featuring the "Bee Girl") belied its downcast lyrics. The song boosted the album to lofty chart heights, and the band enjoyed rock-star status for a brief time, until lead singer Shannon Hoon's drug-related death in 1995. Blind Melon reunited in 2006 with new singer Travis Warren.
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