Lil’ Dave Thompson is one of the great masters of ‘fingerpickin’ guitar technique and also has a wide knowledge of deep Delta blues This is his first recording for Electro-Fi Records and, this time, he has put his acoustic guitar away to hang a Gibson Les Paul on, to display a powerful electrifying technique After different tours with RL Burnside and Junio Kimbrough, now Thompson undertakes a new musical journey into the powerful electric blues field, perfectly backed by Russell Jackson (ex BB King) on bass, John Lee on keyboards, Pat Carey on sax and Jim Bodreau on drums to produce an excellent recording A revitalizing contemporary blues record with high voltage groove influences on an interesting daring ambitious project, which deserves media and audiences consideration Lil’ Dave has quality enough as singer songwriter and guitar player to go far in the blues world and this cd proves that