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was produced and engineered by Kevin McKendree and features a band of McKendree (keyboards),
Bob Britt (guitar), Steve Mackey (bass), Lynn Williams (drums), Wendy Moten (backing vocals),
Jim Hoke (saxes, harp, glockenspiel) and Roland Barber (trumpet, trombone).

Seth covers two JJ Cale songs ‘Raisin’ Kane’ which features both Lee Roy Parnell on slide guitar and
Yates McKendree on lap steel for more Little Feat-style blues funk and also the poignant 'Wish I
had Not Said That’ where is is joined on vocals by his wife Jessica Murray. However, his own
songs are as good as the covers - check out ‘Big Trouble’, the jump blues 'She Likes To Run’ where
he’s joined on guitar by Anson Funderburgh, also ‘Moonpies’ is a melodic song with a Norleans
groove and the closing slow blues ‘Real Bad Deal’. This is a really good record with great playing
and singing from Seth and equally good playing from the band and good production from Mr.

McKendree - so don’t be put off by the big cowboy hat, give Seth a try.

Graham Harrison

Zac Harmon—Long as I Got My Guitar—Catfood Records

Mississippi-born Zac Harmon was a studio musician who also
wrote songs for several soul and R&B acts as well as film and TV
shows before embarking on a solo blues career in the early 00s.

This record was produced by Jim Gaines and features Zac's road
band of Bob Trenchard (bass), Johnny McGhee (guitar), Dan
Ferguson (keyboards), Richy Puga (drums) and SueAnn Carwell
and Corey Lacey (background vocals). The sound is soul/blues
in the style of Robert Cray or Little Milton, as in opener 'Deal

With The Devil' with Zak being a fine vocalist and guitarist,
'Crying Shame' is a lovely gentle melodic blues ballad and the
title track is another Robert Cray-style smooth blues. Elsewhere we alternate between smooth
soul and blues, together with more commercial songs like 'Imagine a Prayer' and while Zac is
undoubtably a good guitarist and singer I think that the songs here - all originals written by Zak
and Trenchard - aren't really original or distinctive enough to take this to the next level.

Graham Harrison

Adam Norsworthy—in Time I Will Forget You— Independent
(SINGLE)

(www.adamnorsworthy.co.uk)

The front man for award-winning band The Mustangs and singer
and guitarist with The Milkmen, Adam Norsworthy has in this

track an epic, slow-ish, lurching blues ballad with rock touches,
vey apt for its theme of loss and sense of longing. He is backed
by some stellar musicians from the current UK blues scene,
including drummer Wayne Proctor, who mixed and produced
this release, a taster for his album, “Infinite Hotel” due for
release in March next year. It should be well worth a listen on
the evidence of this rather intriguing track.

Norman Darwen