Marching Out by Yngwie Malmsteen

Pros: Phenomenal guitar playing.
Cons: Not every song is a classic.

The name Yngwie Malmsteen conjures for many guitar players and guitar enthusiasts medieval images of dragons, demons, and fire. Listening to this sorcerer play the guitar, one sees it is a fitting image. Marching Out is the second solo ...

Pros: Warp speed guitar solos, thick Viking atmosphere, impressive musicianship. Yngwie gets his neo-classical groove on.
Cons: "Caught In The Middle" doesn't really take me there. Some of the lyrics are juvenile.

Many, many years ago, I attended a bass clinic. No, it's not a place where freshwater fish get health check-ups; it was a show-off session for a man named Wally Voss, who played in Yngwie Malmsteen's back-up band in the mid-80's. Wally is now dead, but ...