Mike Shannon is the singer and harmonica player on this great swing-jump band, which are greatly influenced by the fourties sound and the music of Joe Liggins, Johnny Otis, Amos Milburn, Lloyd Glenn, Louis Prima, Jimmy Rushing, Louis Jordan among other ‘Kansas City’ sound artists This time Dan Electro has really done a better conceived work than on his previous cd, giving a bunch of excelent own compositions An honest cool excellent cd, with a careful production and mixing, Reason to lie gives the perfect ‘reason’ to buy it