Silas Johnson is the real name of this charismatic cool singer and guitar player, a genuine representative of New Orleans urban blues who for more than forty years has open up the path to an special way of conceiving music In his young days he was deeply influenced by Guitar Slim guitar playing, especially in the peculiar syncopated rhythm of his own compositions The cd was recorded in 1972 after spending two sabbatical years, and Earl King and his band The Meters gave their most joyful, straight, funky face Some of the tracks included on the cd were produced by his good friend and excellent producer Allen Toussaint The result is an splendid cd that probably could be placed among his best recordings after Earl’s Pearls