Slam Allen was widely known for his work as guitar player for the great James Cotton Since a few years ago Slam shines as a solo artist and has forged his own style half way along Chicago blues and the most actual frantic and contemporary soul Slam has been recognized with some awards including the Master Musician Award by the Hall of Fame of New York state His lively thick style has a surprising intensity that becomes evident along this strong but, at the same time, full of sensitivity album, where Allen (whose real last name is Harrison) also shows an effective and vigorous vocal range The musicians who back him sound superb and give the ideal support to get Slam Allen’s music and compositions fully convince us His sympathy and communication with the most varied audiences give a new life to the blues and make him become the new guardian of contemporary Chicago blues His music is cool and fresh but, at the same time, full of an amazing technical quality Undoubtedly our man gathers both the real tradition and the future of blues