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boro Blues’. ‘Key To The Highway’ has a nice swing feel to it whilst ‘Hesitation Blues’ features
some lovely intricate acoustic ragtime guitar picking. There is some more wonderful picking to
be had in the style of Mississippi John Hurt with ‘Monday Morning Blues’.

There is some great Chicago style blues harp from Lee Southall on the fun tune ‘Big Fat Woman’
and Sunjay closes the album with some really nice guitar work with hammer-ons and pull-offs
adding a nice twang to ‘The Easy Blues’.

This album is well produced and the musicianship is first class throughout. The songs are well
constructed with just the right amount of harmonica and keys sprinkled in there. OK, there is
nothing new or radical here but Sunjay really injects some life into this set of well known blues
covers. He has a nice guitar playing style and he is a confident singer which makes his vocals
really stand out. This album evoked for me memories of the folk scene back in the sixties, a great
album I’m sure you will enjoy.

Ged Wilson

Aynsley Lister—Along For The Ride—Straight Talkin’ Re-
cords Ltd

I was fortunate enough to support Aynsley a couple of times in his
early days before he burst onto the British blues scene. Now he
is an award winning singer/guitarist that has built up a large
following across the UK and beyond, so I am keen to find out how

he has developed with this latest album, “Along For The Ride”.

The album opens with ‘Amazing’ a gentle bluesy slow burner that
leads to a rocky guitar finale. ‘Bide My Time’ has a Tom Petty feel
about it whilst ‘Wait For Me’ is more soulful and funky almost bordering on Steely Dan territory.
‘Cast A Light’ has a nice Van Morrison feel before we hit the anthemic chorus of the title track
‘Along For The Ride’.

‘Made Up My Mind’ is very reminiscent of ‘Fire’ by Jimi Hendrix. There is a laid back blues feel
to ‘No One Else But You’ where Aynsley releases his inner Peter Green before the album closes
with ‘Eve Part 2: Love You To Death’.

It is hard to fault this album in terms of songwriting, musicianship and production. Aynsley has
honed and developed a really sweet voice with good vocal delivery and diction. His guitar
playing that caught the attention back in those early days is now more refined and accom-
plished. Aynsley has indeed come of age and is now a consummate artist. This album is not
strictly a blues album but more a rock album with hints of blues; polished and refined much in
the way that you find King King have developed, onwards and upwards.

Ged Wilson