British guitarist
Robin Trower re-enters the fray with a solid, electric, British blues record.
Another Days Blues features longtime drummer
Reg Isidore, vocalist
Davey Pattison (who sounds an awful lot like the late
James Dewar), organist
Nicky Brown, and bassist
Dave Bronze, as well as a couple of ringers like keyboardist/bassist
Paul Page, drummer
Pete Thompson, and vocalist
Hazel Fernandez. But the real story is the playing.
Trower structured the sound and feel of this recording to be juxtaposed against albums like
Twice Removed from Yesterday and
Bridge of Sighs. While all the tracks are blues cuts, the silvery liquid darkness of his guitar and the background atmospherics stretch this beyond the usual Brit blues cage. His playing is better than ever -- a listen to the tasteful, slow yet biting "Someday Blues," the steamy roll in "21st Century Blues" or the gritty, punch-drunk fervor of "Next In Line," or the sheer wah-wah Hendrixian whomp of "Go My Way" is all the evidence one needs to know this is the best
Trower recording in a dog's age -- or even two. Even the ballads such as "Shining Through," or the dreamy, psychedelic haze of the album's closer "This Blue Love," are shot through with teeth and taste. Highly recommended.