From the March/April 2019 issue of Acoustic Guitar | BY PHIL HOOD Three big bombs went off in the computer industry in the 1990s. The first was the browser, our connection to the internet world. Next came tools, compressed video and audio for transmission over this new medium. Then, the music “sharing” site Napster was launched in 1999. From that…
Fabulous Flip Sides In Memoriam â Cinderella Guitarist Jeff LaBar
Remembering Cinderella guitarist Jeff LaBar
Author:
In 1986, the Philadelphia quartet Cinderella debuted with their album
Night Songs. The following year, they achieved their Top 40 singles debut with “Nobody’s Fool,” a dramatic power ballad from the album, which peaked at No. 13. In 1988, the group’s most successful album was released,
Long Cold Winter, which brought 3 songs to the Top 40, beginning with their highest charting hit, which reached No. 12, “Don’t Know What You Got (Till It’s Gone).” The single featured an electric guitar solo from Jeff LaBar, who passed away July 14 at age 58. Both sides of the next single were guitar driven, with the A side “The Last Mile,” capturing the energy of AC/DC and its bluesy flip side, the album’s title song “Long Cold Winter,” sounding Led Zeppelin inspired.