Definitive Listening: A Mick Ralphs Sampler

[Willie G. Moseley]

The home office of Vintage Guitar Magazine asked me to come up with a list of a dozen songs that are quintessential Ralphs material. It's now up on Spotify, and I included a few notes as to why I picked thm. Your omments solicited. Enjoy the listen:

https://www.vintageguitar.com/79275/a-mick-ralphs-sampler-definitive-listening/

[santellavision]

I found an old pic from a show I went to in 1980. Bad Co in Carbondale, IL. 

[ZR]

On 6/29/2025 at 6:07 PM, santellavision said:

I found an old pic from a show I went to in 1980. Bad Co in Carbondale, IL. 

Nice pic. Glad you had your cell phone with you.

[santellavision]

16 hours ago, ZR said:

Nice pic. Glad you had your cell phone with you.

Actually, the pic above playing the White Strat is Paul Rodgers, not Mick Ralphs. Here's a pic of both of them. Mick is playing the Sunburst Strat.



Haha. I had my old Canon AE-1 camera. I was at college. SIU-Carbondale. Here's an insane story... I was doing my laundry at this little place and in walked the entire band to do their own laundry!!! I got to chat with them before the show. Rock-n-Roll is so glamorous! 

 

[ZR]

Nice pics! Yeah I have a friend that does websites for a lot of punk type bands. And sometimes when they come through town in Atlanta he'll host them at their house so they have a place to crash. He's done that with Creepshow after we saw them in concert. I was picturing some after show party etc. but he said after driving all over the US in a van pulling a trailer of their gear that all they wanted to do was eat, take a shower, and crash. Very cool band BTW!