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In episode number 64 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie get back down to Tejas for a little dose of Blues-Rock.  After 5 previous albums and a long unplanned break can they still deliver the goods?  And why the heck has Billy ditched Pearly Gates for a Stratocaster copy?  Chris and Lee dig in while avoiding mass destruction at the hands of the Mexican army with ZZ Top's Deguello with help from Organic Director The Rockin' Rabbi!  This time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 63 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie get a lesson in photography as well as labour and tax laws in the US of A.Does the Berry on top of the Sundae actually fit?  How much originality is there in Chuck's playing?  Or did he get everything from Marty McFly when he went back to the 50's?  Chris and Lee get rockin' with some early Berry of the Chuck variety with Chuck Berry Is On Top!  This time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 62 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie get to play rock stars in between their other gigs.  Can a rock album with pop leanings from a certified movie star be any good?  Will their ongoing war against their record company to shave two years off of their contract do anything for them?  Or was it all an elaborate publicity stunt?  Find out this time as  as Chris and Lee get through This is War by Jared Leto's band 30 Seconds To Mars... on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 61 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie come back after the beginning of the nuclear winter.  This time around they settle in for an epic Egyptian themed album... or what might have been.  Can Iron Maiden (aka Steve Harris) get their stuff together with the 52nd lineup of the band for another hit album?  Will they crush all competition with their wave of new British metal?  What about Judas Priest?  How do they feel after being so obviously, uhh... just listen to the episode as Chris and Lee get through Iron Maiden's Powerslave... this time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 60 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie try they may to avert a Nuclear bomb while seeking shelter in some vintage Marino, sans-moustache.  Where did Frank's exquisite moustache go?  And what is a Mahogony Rush?  We don't know, but the episode is focused on finding out.  And what about Vince?  O Brother Where Art Thou?  Good thing cousin George comes along for the ride.  Can a guitar god create a great album that will literally crush all others in its path... a Juggernaut if you will?  Listen as the hosts get blasted by Frank Marino's Columbia Records swansong "Juggernaut" ...this time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 59 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie go back to the grungy 90's for some uplifting music during these challenging times.  What is it about serial killers trilogies?  Yes there is one here and the boys dig into the Pearl Jam debut album oddly named Ten.  Who or what is Mookie Blaylock?  ...this time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 58 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie get indulge in some pop and disco flavoured rock.  Yes there will be some poppin' and slappin' just like it's 1988.  Are some of the songs actually about serial killers?  Or is this just in the hosts heads?  What is up with that?  Listen in as the lads go through The Killers debut Hot Fuss to see what the fuss is all about ...this time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 57 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie try to avert the feeling of impending doom during the pandemic of the 2020's.  This episode they gingerly question the meaning of something, although they are not sure what.  Do those former Beatles engineers know what they are doing?  Listen as the CRABA gets into Supertramp's 1975 album Crisis?  What Crisis? ...this time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 56 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie keep churning out episodes in defiance of what the people really want.  This time we go down to Texas for some Texas-Tulsa-Chicago fusion with the rock of the classic variety.  Is Freddie King's non-stop party going to take hold or is Freddie just one Bloody Mary over the proverbial line?  Does rock owe anything to the big man from Gilmer?  Listen as the hosts go deep into the vaults with Freddie King's Getting Ready... from 1971... this time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 55 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie try not to forget what's happening while they wait things out in their basements.  This episode they tackle tragic Rockabilly start Eddie Cochran who epitomized live fast and die young.  In addition to an epic origin story in the feedback, Trini Lopez somehow makes a repeat appearance.  Listen as the boys dig into Eddie Cochran's posthumous album Never To Be Forgotten this time on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 54 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie have disappeared into their basements to ride out the apocalypse.  Can the Foo Fighters cheer them up with their TV series and accompanying album?  With 8 songs recorded in eight studios, Sonic Highways holds a lot of promise... they even got some guest stars come in help out... kind of.  Who the heck is Trini Lopez?  What does his hammer have to do with the kings of the post-grunge pre-apocalypse universe?  Listen as the hosts (virtually) travel down Sonic Highways on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 53 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie are months away from a vaccine but still toiling away in their basements.  So will all the heartache and betrayal be too much?  Can The King of Slow save the day?  Listen as the hosts break down Chris Isaak's Heart Shaped World on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 52 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie are deep in self-imposed exile with no memory of the days preceding the recording.  And after awakening from the fever dream, a piece of 80's Krautrock is served up for dinner.  Can a German band singing in English deliver  a stone cold classic?  Who is the Rudolph impersonator in a straight jacket?  This episode the boys take on Scorpions metal album Blackout.  Can you live without it?  Will it be nits all the way?  Tune in to this week's episode on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 51 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie attempt to put aside their sibling differences.  Is this the very best distortion ever crafted for guitar?  And the waxed moustache could be the greatest rock moustache since... since... well it's a moustache?  This episode the boys take on Rival Sons and their Grammy-nominated Feral Roots album to ask themselves Is It A Classic?  Tune in to this week's episode on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 50 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie try as they may to stop being negative.  Can they keep the Rock Me Tonite video from playing in their feeble minds?  Will the 80's synth overtake everything else in the album?  Will either host have a stroke?  This time around they spin up Billy Squier's 1981 non-PC titled smash album Don't Say No.  Tune in to this week's episode to determine  "Is It a Classic?" on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 49 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie kick off the new year in style with a little Soul of the Collective kind!  Has Ross Childress worn out his welcome yet?  Can an an all-digital production be rock enough to be considered rock?  Drum loops and wah-wah-wah notwithstanding, the hosts bravely peer deep into their consciousness with Collective Soul's Dosage.  Will the pop overwhelm the rock?  Tune in to this week's episode to determine  "Is It a Classic?" on The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 48 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie enjoy a little holiday cheer with Rob Halford of Judas Priest!  What?  Rob Halford has a Christmas album?  Listen as Chris and Lee bravely plow through The Metal God's second holiday themed outing.  Will The Hellion make an appearance?  Listen as the Friends and Family release gets the CRABA treatment.  "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this very special Christmas edition of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 47 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie decide to interfere with things a little!  Has Pink Floyd climbed out of their experimental psychedelic years intact?  Just where is Syd Barrett? Is Seamus Syd's permanent replacement?  What the heck is that ping sound?  Pink Floyd's Meddle is hacked so that one of these days we should discover "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!

In episode number 46 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie dish on international measurement standards!  Why can't the USA support the metric system?  They also talk about the band Metric's album Fantasies.  Now Metric is a Canadian band with no Canadian born members.  With that in mind can they actually call themselves Canadian? And they are Hipsters!  Hipsters I'm telling you!  So is this a hipster art rock classic?  Or a thinly disguised Blondie imitation?  "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!  Featuring Guy # 1 and Guy #2.

In episode number 45 of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast, hosts Chris Karson and Lee Bowie go back to the early days of rock and roll, sock-hops and tail-fins!  Does this old crap still hold up 60 years later?  Is it just blues with a swing beat?  Can a dishwasher from Georgia really live up to his self-proclaimed King of Rock moniker?  Stay tuned for a detailed breakdown of Little Richard's Debut album on the CRABA journey to determine "Is It a Classic?".  Find out this episode of The Classic Rock Album-By-Album Podcast!  Oh and "the crabs" are anointed.