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instrumentalist Rix also lending a hand. We start with the relaxed Withers' cover -
'The Same Love That Made Me Laugh', followed by the title track – a typical Walker
restrained blues with his lead guitar. 'Up on the Mountain' ups the pace with a jazzy,
funky groove, 'I'm Getting Ready' is the lovely Michael Kiwanuka ballad with acoustic
guitar and strings (arrangement courtesy of Seth's father) followed by a stonking
version of Al Green's soul classic 'Take Me to the River'.

'Supernatural Thing' has a slight reggae feel with bass from Brook Sutton, while the
lazy, loping 'Hey Baby' by JJ Cale has slide guitar from JP Ruggieri and Glassmeyer's
saxes and 'Midway Girl' written with Ed Jurdi (The Band of Heathens) is very jazzy
with vibraphone and electric piano, as is the following original 'Somewhere Out
There'. 'Magnolia' is one of JJ Cale's classic songs and Seth's version keeps the Cale
laid-back approach, with just a few tweeks like the piano backing and a tasteful
guitar solo, while Bobby Charles' 'I Must Be in a Good Place Now' closes the album,
it's a delightful ballad with just a hint of New Orleans. I did enjoy this album but
unfortunately on my first few listens my favourite tracks were all the covers rather
than Seth's originals, which hopefully I'll come to like in time. However, I would
also have liked a few more upbeat songs just for a bit of variety.

Graham Harrison

The Dead Daisies—Lookin’ for Trouble—The
Dead Daisies ASIN : B0F2FSZY4G

The Dead Daisies are apparently an
Australian/American rock 'supergroup' now
featuring founding member David Lowy (guitar)
with former Whitesnake members Doug Aldrich
(guitar) and Michael Devin (bass), Sarah Tomek
from the Stephen Tyler Band (drums) and former

Motley Crue vocalist John Corabi. Their new album
has versions of 10 classic blues songs from the likes
of Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker through to
the three Kings – Albert, BB and Freddie. The
opening track Willie Dixon's 'I'm Ready' was
originally done by the Muddy Waters Band as a subdued stop-time blues with eerie
chromatic harmonica from Little Walter but there is nothing subdued about this
version with its flat-out heavy rock riffing guitars, pounding drums and bass (and
whimpy harp) with screamed vocals. Ditto Freddie King's 'Going Down' and Hooker's
'Boom Boom' and although Leadbelly's 'Black Betty' starts off with acoustic guitar,
in under ten seconds it is overtaken by the overdriven electric guitars, drums etc.

BB King's 'The Thrill is Gone' is done quite subtly as a slow blues but Albert's 'Born
Under a Bad Sign' is rocked up horribly and Robert Johnson's 'Crossroads' and 'Sweet
Home Chicago', as well as Howlin' Wolf's 'Red Rooster' all get similar treatments. I
appreciate that fans of heavy rock may like this kind of approach but for me the
subtlety, charm and beauty of the original songs is completely missing in these
versions and I couldn't recommend this album to fans of real blues.

Graham Harrison