"I have my moments,"
John Popper declares, and many of them -- as harmonica player, singer, and lyricist -- are here, on an album that finds
Blues Traveler stretching out much as they do on-stage.
Popper is a man with a lot on his mind, but when he reaches "The Best Part," his verbosity approaches a Walt Whitman-like exuberance, and guitarist
Chan Kinchla is right with him, contributing sweet fills here,
Pete Townshend-style strumming there. And as for the rhythm work of bassist
Bobby Sheehan and drummer
Brendan Hill, as
Popper says, "It's all in the groove." ~ William Ruhlmann