Quote Originally Posted by Alien_Shore View Post
Great post, Tom!
That '76 show from San Francisco is a gem. Apparently whoever filmed this got audio straight from the FOH board. It's full of great examples of how talented these kids were. I love Tommy Shaw's slide solo in "22 years", and DDY's piano work on Lady is amazing (especially singing while doing it). JY's strat sounds killer...just a super clean sound straight to his amp (maybe with a MXR distortion+ in there?). Great video.
I've taken a bit of "razzing" over the years for being a Styx fan. But, when i play my favorite Styx for these people who would mock me, they've never heard it before, and really have no clue about early Styx. As a budding impressionable teen, i was quite fond of the Man of Miracles, and Serpent is Rising albums.

The title tracks:



Love that modded Hammond growl!