Genre: Blues
Rate: 192 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 00:48:39
Size: 66,85 MB
Review by Becky Byrkit
Nashville homeboy Mike Henderson belies his roadhouse roots with this crystalline studio blues record, singing, weirdly, as much like Ben Folds as he does like Stevie Ray Vaughan. This is a jubilant no-nonsense toe-tapping album, staffed by Henderson's ever-present entourage of excellent musicians, including keyboardist John Jarvis and Dead Reckoning label co-captain Glenn Work on bass.
A longtime mandolin and flat-pick guitar player, Henderson gets Jarvis into the Jerry Lee Lewis spirit with a demon-calling "Keep What You've Got" and the house-rockin' "Scared of that Child." As he does on his previous and under-aired album, First Blood, Henderson honours his idols Sonny Boy Williamson and Howlin' Wolf on the conga-thick "Mister Downchild" and classic down-home "My Country Sugar Mama."
In addition to fine guitar covers, Henderson contributes a particularly clear vocal style with plenty of simultaneous character from both the blues and true-blue country music, which he began to cultivate in his early road days with the Snakes. A fine, versatile record for a good mood.
Tracklist:
01 - Keep What You've Got 03:25
02 - Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down 03:06
03 - Whiskey Store 03:27
04 - I Need Me A Car 04:24
05 - Tears Like A River 04:28
06 - Scared Of That Child 03:06
07 - All My Money's Gone 04:37
08 - Mr. Downchild 04:59
09 - Angel Of Mercy 05:21
10 - Slow Your Motor Down 04:02
11 - Uranium Rock 03:33
12 - My Country Sugar Mama 04:11
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