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Great Western Valkyrie
If there are any syncs like me from Rival Sons, Dave Beste. I By Ted Darden
out there, you wonder if there began listening to the band to
is any hope in the future of prepare for the interview, and I they have been met with critical acclaim. After
Rock and Roll. You see whiny was blown away as well as filled their first album Before the Fire, Jack Rivera
teens, pop princesses, cheap with an anger I aimed at myself from the Huffington Post said they were the
imitators, and businessmen with for not listening to group earlier. Rock band to watch. Their latest album, Great
microphones and instruments They have an old school sound, Western Valkyrie, was declared the number
who don’t care about the art and yet it’s their very own altogether. one album of 2014 by Classic Rock Magazine.
the soul that’s supposed to go They’ve been featured on the Late Little Steven’s Under Ground Garage listed
into making Rock and Roll, into Show with David Letterman, their song “Electric Man” as the fourth coolest
making music. I was assigned an Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Later song of 2015 (if any one knows cool, it’s Little
interview with the bass players With Jools Holland. From early on Steven.)They’ve toured with Deep Purple,
Aerosmith, and many others. They will be
touring with Black Sabbath on their farewell
tour. I feel like, with the end of Black Sabbath
and other greats from the early days of Rock
and Roll, we can rest assured that the torch
will passed on to the right hands in bands like
Rival Sons. It was one o’ clock on a Tuesday
afternoon when I received a call from one of the
men who restored my faith in Rock and Roll.
