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A solid follow-up to Strange Pleasure. This album is proof positive that Jimmie is a master of "slow hand" blues. He includes more tough Texas shuffles and some great new and innovative stuff (i.e "Astral Projection Blues" with Dr. John on the Vibes). This album is every bit as fun to listen to as his previous effort. Masterful work once again.

This album is nowhere near the painstaking driven outerspace sound of Stevie Ray, Jimmie's brother, but it's not supposed to be. This style is different and is execellent if you take it for what it is, a complete stand-up blues album. One that you can have a good time with and listen to front to back without any track skipping like with some albums. Jimmie is an underrated bluesman with a voice as smooth as albert King and a guitar style as cool as B.B. King. Anybody trying to pick up the blues needs to hear this array of electric and acoustic deep blues and old time rythms and melodies. Jimmie Vaughan may not be a guitar god like his brother but I think this album seals him in as being one of the most talented living bluesman alive and as having one of the most easily spotted styles aside of that. Beginning to end you can feel the cool subtle workings of his guitar and his voice and his simple traditional sounding blues lyrics. Of course at times you hear a little bit of good old rock and roll but what is old rock and roll if not a voodoo child of the quick blues? Stevie Ray is smiling down on his Big Bro with no doubt as he unleashes this humble but happy record with total style and grace.

No, this isn't a Fabulous T-Birds album, and no this isn't a Stevie Ray Vaughan album -- this is pure Jimmie Vaughan. If you expect anything else, you will not get it.

The context for appreciating Jimmie is different: early Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Guitar Slim, the organ-rich "soul jazz" of Jack McDuff and Grant Green. If you like this stuff, you will probably love what Jimmie is doing these days.

I like the T-Birds and SRV as much as the next guy, but believe it or not, I like what Jimmie is doing these days a lot more. What Jimmie lacks in pump and flash he makes up for with tone and cool.

4 years after the release of Strange Pleasure, Jimmie is back with an excellent followup to his solo debut album. While Jimmie may lack the flash of brother Stevie, he shows that a few well placed notes with an air tight band is enough to create a solid CD. Jimmie's vocals on this CD appear to be a bit more matured than on Strange Pleasure. However, the upbeat tempo of this CD mirrors that of his previous effort. It's good, upbeat party music. Check it out.

Stevie was "Don't miss a lick", Jimmie is "Don't waste a lick"! Two totally different styles. I love 'em both, but while in two entirely different moods. Both of Jimmies solo efforts are OUTSTANDING. Way too cool for radio play!

Jimmie -- as always -- plays the blues on his own terms. Sly, slippery, yet confidently, idiosyncratically assertive. When JLV lets loose, he really lets LOOSE -- sounding like he could fall out of the pocket any moment; but he never does. Like watching a tight-rope walker stroll confidently across the big top blindfolded, flipping a coin absentmindedly between steps. Breathtaking -- almost literally. Not as flashy as his late, great little brother, but one listen to this album will show you why Stevie idolized big Jimmie. And the production sounds more subversive than any "alternative" album out there. Great, great stuff.

The pleasure was all mine as I was able to hear this great album Live before I owned it on cd . Jimmie's presence on stage is as powerful in my eyes as on any record he's done . As big of a fan as I am of his brillant Little brother The late Stevie Ray Vaughan , Jimmie proves that in all the flash and fire that his brother had , Jimmie had this explosive slow burn that ate up his strat..his soulful voice sends out the blues with such emotion he makes you an addict instantly ..I am A Jimmie Vaughan addict and this album is my main fix . I love that Good Texan !! But this album for anyone you love or if they love to explore the blues !!!

stevie ray was brilliant in his excess; jimmie is brilliant in his restraint. all of his albums shine in their tight, smooth groove. different style, yes, but every bit as good as his brother. all blues guitarists should have such taste. play on.

This follow up effort to Strange Pleasure is proof positive that that Jimmie is a master of slow hand blues. This a fantastic album with everything from strong Texas shuffles to the smoothest of blues ballads. Men, put this one in the player and let it play all the way through. Women will know that you are the coolest.

I view this as a continuance of the funky blues he did with Strange Pleasure...and that's a huge compliment. The voice and attitude are all cool and the economical guitar work is phenomenal. Jimmie, like Miles Davis before him, understands that the silence between notes is often more important to the music than the notes themselves. And, you gotta love a B-3 organ. Rock and roll may lose it's way but the blues won't as long as this guy is wailing.