Blues Deluxe
New York guitar phenom walks tall in the blues tradition with this third album, jettisoning fiery riffs inspired byJohn Lee Hooker,B.B. King,Elmore James, andAlbert Collinsinto the future with furious playing, a hard-rock sensibility, and a grizzled voice that owes a debt toGregg Allman. Equally inspired by the Delta blues and the mid-'60s British blues boom, the young firebrand--who titled this CD after a Rod Stewart song penned while in theJeff Beck Group--is able to fuse those two schools together, creating edgy blues rock.--Jaan Uhelszki