Another eminently solid outing by the legendary harpist that captures his trademark barroom bravado in a studio setting. The band is quite tight --
Buddy Guy and
Lefty Dizz are the guitarists, Douglas Fagan plays sax, and Clark Terry, believe it or not, occupies a third of the trumpet section -- and the set list is dominated by oldies from both Sonny Boys,
Willie Dixon, and
John D. Loudermilk (
Junior invests his "Tobacco Road" with a lights-out toughness that
the Nashville Teens could never even imagine). ~ Bill Dahl