Captured Live
More dependable than a Swiss train, the band regales club audiences back home in Sacramento and San Francisco with old favorites and new titles. The shows catch fire when Baty refashions countrified Jimmy Bryant licks on his showcase "Wildcattin'" and pays homage to blues-jazzman Tiny Grimes here and there. Yet things drag considerably when the band tries to transport the audience to Chicago with a long version of Buddy Guy's "Ten Years Ago." Further, Estrin's vocals are full of unintentional affectation, the new bass player's fingers lack the surety of the man he replaced, and Baty bores with his Guy mannerisms.-- © Frank John Hadley 1993--From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD