![]() ![]() B+Īll right, all right-he's a great guitarist, and an intermittently commanding vocalist. ![]() But between earned Jimi cover and lyric refreshment, album two is almost everything a reasonable person might hope from him: a roadhouse album with gargantuan sonic imagination. Though he comes close sometimes, this Texan ain't Hendrix. The exception that proves not a damn thing is Jimi Hendrix, the finest guitarist in any idiom ever. The problem with guitar virtuosos is that most of them wouldn't know a good musical concept if they tripped over it, which happens just often enough to keep everyone confused. I think rock and roll's essence inheres in momentum and song form, and find my attention wandering after the kickoff originals "Love Struck Baby" and "Pride and Joy." B People who think white guitarists with the blues are the essence of rock and roll never fully account for Alvin Lee, not to mention Robin Trower. ![]()
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