Take a minute, if you will, and read my post on his previous album a couple of years ago. Thank you. Another submission from BKP and once again I'm keeping the whole damn thing. This album to me is more rock than blues (but it's reached #1 on the Blues charts) and the guest list includes Johnny Winter, Mark Tremonti of Creed/Alter Bridge, and Jonny Lang, who duets on the well-worn cover of "When A Man Loves A Woman." That track is a fish-out-of-water compared to the other nine rockers (I'm not including the 90-second toss off version of "Over The Rainbow"). He also covers one of his forty-five year-old Mountain songs, "Long Red," which has been sampled by rockers and hip-hoppers for years. How about this original version from Woodstock, fer chrissakes...
This is another album that gets better with repeated spins. West's vocals have a Warren Haynes' growl to them this time out. Another strong mark to the record is the high-quality lyrics across the disc. Example...
His wife contributes words to four songs and maybe she should tutor Mato Nanji's spouse at her earliest convenience.
While watching an interview with LW, I was pleased to hear how connected he is to media, not living in a cave like so many artists do, and how it motivates him to write and perform. He selected one song to record after hearing it on "Nashville," another was inspired by the Hatfields & McCoys miniseries, and he apparently dug Cyndi Lauper's blues record (yeesh...) and learned of Jonny Lang's contribution while listening to Howard Stern interview her about it.
You know what? I don't think I'll have to wait for BKP to send me the next release...
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