while my wifeattended a Goo Goo Dolls concert in town. I am certain I enjoyed my evening at home with my concert selection more than I would have at the Hard Rock. All along I thought this guy was raised in Texas, and that should clue you in to his sound. There is a SRV pattern to his artistic progression, but not necessarily his playing. At times, he reminds me of Eric Johnson and his tonal control, and he's had Billy Gibbons guest on an earlier release, yet the guy is from NY. Fooled me... So here he is at London's Royal Albert Hall, quite the honor for the young man, living one of his dreams. And he smokes it from the start, though it takes the stoic Londoners in the crowd about four songs to get off their butts and stand up in appreciation. How the hell do they do that? These people loved Gary Moore doing the same thing in his blues jacket twenty years ago, and some of the old farts in the audience probably thought JB was Moore's son, though he looked more like Jeff Healy standing up. Seeing him play gives you a better clue to his records because he uses many guitars and plays sans pick quite often. He sings like Warren Haynes without the growl, and a couple of songs could be mistaken for Gov't Mule. Close your eyes on a couple of songs and the instrumental passages sound like Santana compositions. And there you have it, I think his strengths are songwriting and vocals, and the pickin' ain't too shabby either...
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