Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band - How I Go (MOCCD14296) CD

How I Go’, boasts as much balls as any blues-rock album in recent memory. The boogie-down masters, bassist Tommy Shannon and drummer Chris “Whipper” Layton (the legendary rhythm section of Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble), are heavier than ever as they stomp their way through the album. You get long time member Noah Hunt singing lead vocals at his best. Opening with a Keith Richards-esque riffed “Never Lookin’ Back”, “Come On Over” rumbles along. The covers are delivered with gusto and passion, of which we have “Yer Blues” (Beatles), “Oh Pretty Woman” (Albert King) and an all-out stomping rendition of Bessie Smith‘s “Backwater Blues”, which really needs to be heard to be believed. The album is produced by Talking Heads’ Jerry Harrison.

1. Never Lookin’ Back
2. Come On Over
3. Yer Blues
4. Show Me The Way Home
5. Cold
6. Oh, Pretty Woman
7. Anywhere The Wind Blows
8. Dark Side Of Love
9. Heat Of The Sun
10. Round And Round
11. The Wire
12. Who’s Gonna Catch You Now
13. Backwater Blues
14. Strut
15. Butterfly
16. Crying Shame
17. Baby The Rain Must Fall