I feel like one of the luckiest girls in the world whenever I randomly get good music in the mail. What has me in this good mood? Shaw Blades' Influence album does. I was never big on Night Ranger but I do appreciate Damn Yankees since I grew up watching Ricky Rachtman on Headbangers Ball. So when I got this album of covers put together by Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades I was a little biased; I mean who didn't think they were cool back in the 80s? My rule is: what was cool then is still cool now. Anyway, back to their album . . . Influence is chock full of songs we all know by hard. The difference is they make each song ROCK!

Check out “Your Move”- Video
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Look for tour dates here:
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Watch them talk about their album on VH1 Clasic: Hangin' With: Shaw-Blades VSpot Tommy Shaw and Jack Blades talk about their name and their new disc, Influence. http://www.vh1.com/channels/vh1_classic/channel.jhtml?extPop=popVspot(1553313)