With slick production from
Nile Rodgers
and employing neither guitarist's band (
Double Trouble
nor
the Fabulous Thunderbirds
), this is bluesy, but far from purist.
Jimmie
makes his vocal debut on
"White Boots"
and "Good Texan," and the brothers blur the lines between their expected guitar styles --
Stevie
sometimes going for a less sustainy twang,
moving into
Albert King
territory. When standard blues is the order of the day (the slow instro "Brothers"), the key word is "standard" -- bordering on run-of-the-mill. Instrumentals "D/FW" and "Hillbillies from Outer Space" fare better -- offering
ZZ Top
crunch and
Santo & Johnny
steel, respectively. ~ Dan Forte