Hair metal soap opera

One of my all time favorites, this song, Jelly Roll, by the trio, Blue Murder, is from their 1989 eponymous album (yes, I own it.)

Blue Murder was created from the dust up between guitarist John Sykes and the notorious ego, David Coverdale, the leader, creator, founder, and master of Whitesnake.

Sykes was better looking, could play guitar with the best of them, and could sing as well as Coverdale. Sykes co-wrote and played lead guitar on Whitesnakes big album in 1987 (yes, I own it.) The best album in the band's oeuvre. Still of the Night and Is This Love were co-written by Sykes and he turned on his guitar magic for a re-recording of an earlier tune, Here I Go Again. All of those songs are immensely enjoyable, but we really should be talking Blue Murder here.

Sykes was fired from Whitesnake for being a bit too successful. The tallest blade of grass, you know.

The record label set him up with Carmen Appice on drums and Tony Franklin on bass. The trio released their first and best album in 1989. Jelly Roll is the catchiest tune and my personal favorite.

The video reflects yet more of the narcisstic excesses of the '80s as Sykes proves that long hair in the rain on a man never looks like anything other than a dead marsupial. Women who don dress shirts over lingerie while wearing engineer boots aren't making enough appearances on television these days. I'm going to write the producers of Lost and see if that can't be worked in Season 4.