Funk-tastic music and vocals come together in this exciting banquet of musical treats, alternating from one flavor to the next.  Like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to taste next.  This has 
got tasty morsels, sandwiched between a great band and hip vocals, ending with a tasty final flair for desert.

Under the hood you'll find some raunchy, gritty, honky tonk blues with spot-on rinky tinky keyboards.  Less raw and more thoughtful are sassy Memphis-flavored licks sprinkled throughout the CD.  If you like it slow, this CD will serve it up sexy and smoky.  Real blues, with down on your luck lyrics sliding along a sashaying pace.  It's delicious and intimate.

Its like a tour of everything that is fun about listening to blues and also playing them.

Mr. Hawthorn lays down just the right moment-appropriate sounds alternating with some freakin' amazing, guitar acrobats.  As soon as you're focusing on the great vocals, up from the rear comes these incredible, funk-o-licious licks.  Let it roll!

This is a great great toe-tappin', soul-shakin' delight for the senses.  Get this CD!
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in this time of fading guitar frontman bands, the johnny hawthorn band is a breath of fresh air. not only from his dead on vocal delivery, but the laser precise guitar work and artistic  song structutes. bassist: steve heidtmann and drummer: mike sauer are always sitting in the pocket, ready to enhance and deliver back bone precussion when johnny pulls out all the stops.a great example is the rocking "shadow man".                                              
   the flexability of this trio is truly amazing from the funky "waldons pond", to the jazzy "still in love with you". the instrumental: "cream" will make any guitar freak drool....this is a must have cd. what perked my ears up the most was the lap steel guitar work on the tasty: "crossroads". (a song that has been covered a thousand times by many bands). johnnys lap steel slide work gives crossroads a fresh-new, foot tapping  "feel good" vibe.
do yourself a favor...grab this cd.
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Great songwriting- the songs vary in style and presentation from straight up blues rock to inspiring ballads. The vocals are original in delivery and have a classic warmth that wraps around intriguing guitar lines.
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