Johnny Nicholas is one of the outstanding names in roots music as well as one of the most admired white musicians of Austin, Texas blues scene This album shows his talent on guitar and his passionate singing, but Johnny also plays harmonica and piano with an unpretentious conviction Fresh Air is a collection of stories and melodies that have always been swirling around in his mind, he has now put in music following his particular style based on a mixture of Delta blues, Chicago, Cajun and Americana all wrapped with his special Texas blues touch For about four decades Nicholas has played or recorded with most of the greatest bluesmen of all times, from Mississippi Fred McDowell to Robert Lockwood Jr, Big Walter Horton, Roosevelt Sykes, Hound Dog Taylor, BB King, Muddy Waters or Howlin’ Wolf, a musician that, according to his own words, deeply influenced him Besides displaying a varied palette of musical colours, Johnny also wants to give with this album a breath of fresh air to the tangled actual blues scene, where technology prevails over intimate sensitivity Once again Johnny Nicholas fully convinces with this new recording, an album any blues fan should not ignore