Joe Lynn Turner @ Count’s Vampd 5-26-16

Joe Lynn Turner at Count’s Vampd 5-26-16

by: Leah Burlington

I have been a fan of Joe Lynn Turner since Rainbow’s “Difficult to Cure” and “Straight Between the Eyes”, two albums that came out in the early 80’s. You couldn’t turn on MTV at the time without seeing video’s for “Cant Happen Here”, “Stone Cold” and “Death Alley Driver.” Then “Street of Dreams” from 1983’s”Bent Out of Shape.” Joe Lynn’s beautiful cat like eyes were as mesmerizing as his powerful voice. He was one of my early crushes.

Joe Lynn Turner has a huge impressive catalog of music over the years from many bands like Fandango, Rainbow,Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force, Deep Purple, Mother’s Army, Brazen Abbot, Hughes Turner Project, and in the last few years, Sunstorm. How the guy can pick a set list from all of the music he has sang in his life, is beyond me. This Jersey native also has ten solo albums. He has been a very busy man in his rocking lifetime.