"Smokin' Joe operates at the rocking end of the blues spectrum. This live set has killer versions of "Mountain Time", "So Many Roads" & acoustic stunner "Woke Up Dreaming"."
"Louisiana Blues with a touch of zydeco and Sonny's trademark slide playing. Top tracks for me are "True Blue", "Gone Pecan" and the minor key blues "Fallin' For You""
"From 1974, contains RT classics "Too Rolling Stoned","Little Bit of Sympathy","Day of the Eagle" and the title track. James Dewar's soulful vocals perfectly complement RT's Hendrix-flavoured guitar."
"More heavy rock than out-'n-out blues, but DBII's texas blues influences are clearly evident in this great album. "So You Want It to Rain" & "Last Night" stand out but there's plenty more to enjoy."
"Full-on rocking album with the blues legend still in great voice despite being well into his 70's. The guitar solo on first track "74 Years" is startling to say the least!."
"Classy, jazz-tinged British blues with stylish guitar thats strong on feel and tone rather than flashy bombast, but he can still sizzle when necessary as on slow blues "Lay It Down"."
"Rock with a strong blues feel. Semi-live (audience-free & tarted up in a studio). Killer cover of 'Purple Rain' but 'Hero', 'Sugar Low', 'With Me Tonight' & 'Hurricane' are also highlights."
"A cracking blues album from John Mayall's former guitarist. Intelligent and witty lyrics with an unmistakeable Texas feel. His cover of ZZ Top's "Sure Got Cold After The Rain Fell" is sublime."
"Virtuoso blues-rock with a funk groove. 11 originals & 2 covers including a nice take on Free's "Be My Friend". Other highlights include opener "Down To The River" & the funky "Pushing It Out"
"Live 2xCD of 'grown-up' jazz-flavoured blues with slinky horns to beef things up. DT's top-notch slide playing to the fore; lengthy improvisations that go way beyond mere jamming.. .Pure class!!"
"Considered by many to be one of the best ever live albums. Now expanded to over 2 hours with 2 of the 13 tracks ("Mountain Jam" & "Whipping Post") making up one of those hours. Inspirational jamming."
"Lord have mercy!! how the hell did I miss THIS?. Blues/funk/soul with gutsy gtr, whiskey vox and brilliant songs. SC died aged 29 just after this (his 5th!) album was released. What a legacy!"
"Slick without sounding over-produced. Lots of variety but all underpinned by a blues feel. Great covers of "Fever" & "No Diggity" but Oli's own songs are also very tasty."