S2M wrote:Small Memo:
The Storm's debut Cd was killer....The follow-up was not as good, but still classy stuff..
I thought the first one alternated between killer and filler. Sounded like two different bands between the Rolie songs and the Chalfant songs. 2nd one was a quantum leap forward in consistency. Still one of the highest ranked albums that I own.
S2M wrote:.and his first solo album(Running with the Wind) was awesome!
yes. Very under-appreciated. Perfect reason for a solo album also with a style that would not have fit with The Storm.
S2M wrote:All the rest of Chalfant's stuff has been lame, including:
707
Vu
Steelbreeze
Two Fires
Shadows Fade
Shooting Star
Fly to Fr33dom
generally speaking, VERY patchy. 707 had one or two good tracks, The View (or VU) isn't surprising that it wasn't released at the time. Some of the Two Fires albums were decent. First one was very patchy, but the 2nd one had some good songs under a "production" where I have heard better sound from a live bootleg. New one sounds good, but songs not quite as strong as #2.