Born in Texas in 1954, Rocky Athas is an underappreciated virtuoso who has not only played alongside Buddy Miles, Glenn Hughes, and John Mayall but also deeply influenced Brian May, who, in turn, influenced Eddie Van Halen. Athas was also good friends with Stevie Ray Vaughan and, like Vaughan, was a key player on a red-hot Texas scene back in the ’70s and ’80s with his band Lightning, who Queen’s Brian May went to see one fateful evening, setting off a chain of influential events that have recently come to light. Anyway, as the years have gone by, Athas has The post Rocky Athas: 10 Albums That Changed My Life appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.