Gilby Clarke's Pawnshop Guitars is an engaging collection of relaxed, rootsy hard rock. Drawing equally from
the Stones,
Aerosmith, and
the Clash (he covers "Jail Guitar Doors"),
Clarke doesn't do anything particularly distinctive on his first solo album, but he does rock out very well. With help from his
Guns N' Roses bandmates, he turns in the second-best
Guns solo project, falling in just behind
Izzy Stradlin's record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine