Category: DOC HOLLIDAY

Many of you asked for Rock Candy Records reissues to complete collections, and here’s the first two DOC HOLLIDAY albums ‘remastered & reloaded‘, each with 2 bonus tracks. Well, both are must have classics… let start with the self-titled “Doc Holliday“.
Originally known as Roundhouse, vocalist Bruce Brookshire and his bandmates had to switch to Doc Holliday when they found out that another band was already operating under the same moniker.
A first, self-titled album was recorded in Orlando (Florida) and released through A&M in 1981. Under the guidance of renowned English recording engineer and record producer Tom Allom (Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Def Leppard, KIX) the result was a blast…

Many of you asked for Rock Candy Records reissues to complete collections, and here’s the first two DOC HOLLIDAY albums ‘remastered & reloaded‘, each with 2 bonus tracks. Well, both are must have bluesy hard rock cult classics…
“Doc Holliday Rides Again…” is the title of their second album. For this sophomore effort, stellar producer Tom Allom (Def Leppard, Y&T) was invited once again. Unfortunately the recordings were turned down by Doc Holliday’s label co-owner, and David Anderle (Frank Zappa, The Doors) was brought in to take care of things.
Together with engineer Andy de Gahnal, Anderle gave the album a stripped-down, lively feel.
The result is surely one of the best Southern Rock albums of all times on par with Doc Holliday’s self-titled debut, featuring such great tracks as “Southern Man”, “Hot Rod” and “Lonesome Guitar”…