"Fast Eddie" keeps the momentum going, but downshift's a gear, grinds a little, and gets back to the slide work. "Sawmill Holler" is pure a cappella. "Truck Driving Mama" kicks it back in gear and is cruisin' down the highway with guitar leads interspersed with some low key piano leads. "I Know One" does not slow down; a traditional blues with a nice harmonica lead.
"Got Love If You Want It" kicks it back down a notch with a rough edge hard enough to peal paint off the rocker. But that leads back into the energy of "Rattlesnake," a harmonica and piano energized blues rocker. "Peaches" revisits that bayou music sound of Black Water. The CD finishes up with "Judge Harsh Blues" that takes us back to the days of Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, and all the traditional blues masters; a guitar and a voice.
There is just not a bad song on the album. Each one has you wanting more and when you are done, you want to listen again. When you stop listening, the tunes just go on in your head.
If you want a taste of what real blues are made of; if you wish you could go back and listen to what the masters of the blues sounded like, you need to look no father than The Wheelman. This is no spruced up CD with clean floors and nice curtains. This has the sawdust at your feet and the smoke that will take three washings to get out of your clothes. This is the real deal.
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