We like Daughtry, the man and the band. Too bad we can’t post his acoustic version of “Poker Face” from a German radio appearance, but you can find it here on youtube. Yeah, he got a little cocky as his time went on on American Idol and who can forget his true look of shock when it was him and McPhee in the bottom two and he was probably thinking ” Later McPhee”, and then America reminded him that they pulled the rug out from under Jennifer Hudson too. But, no matter. Daughtry is huge and so is his band. And, he’s gone on to speak out on behalf of the ONE campaign and we like that too.
If you don’t like anyone in the Creed/Linkin Park/Nickelback genre, then you probably won’t like Daughtry, but he’s a great singer, he’s smart enough to put poppa Vince Gill on his record, and he does what he does and doesn’t apologize for it. Check out his website here for more info. Read a great review of the cd here. Enjoy “Every Time You Turn Around” below.
Now there’s “TIme of Day” by Crosby Loggins, son of Kenny Loggins. We admit we were one of a handful of people who watched the trainwreck known as “Rock The Cradle” on MTV. The show featured the offspring of famous singers and attempted to find the next generation of talent. In the end it came down to Jesse Blaze Snider (son of Dee Snider) and Crosby. And, while Jesse Blaze wasn’t perfect, he was a throwback to some kick-ass rock and roll times that we kind of enjoyed. But, America voted and this is what we got. Have at it if you must, but don’t expect anything near the greatness of Kenny or even Dee for that matter. We put a clip of Crosby’s winning performance on the finale of “Rock The Cradle” below.
