One unique item in regards to the album 'Montrose' is that it was not only a debut album for Montrose but also a debut for Sam Hagar ( as known back then).
Aside from his death, 1973 was a pretty rough year for John Lennon as he was separated from Yoko Ono, the U.S. Government was trying to deport him and the stress of putting separation between his work on 'Mind Games' and his previous release ' Some Time in New York City.'
As mentioned in part one of this series of 40 years of classic rock albums progressive rock was starting to make a move, a couple of pioneers in that genre would be Emerson, Lake and Palmer and King Crimson, Greg Lake being a part of both.
As 1973 rolled along Southern Rock was rapidly growing and The Marshall Tucker Band was a big part of that growth as they released their self titled debut album, 'The Marshall Tucker band.'
It was number one after number one with the double LP 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road' and previously with 'Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player' two albums released in 1973.
One might think being 1973 The Rolling Stones were quite young and inexperienced at their craft but far from it actually, 'Goats Head Soup' was their 13th studio album that saw one single from it soar to #1.