Blues? Jazz? Rock? Could not care less ...

And here again the "recipe": Take a lot Blues, 'a lot of jazz, between times rock, sometimes with voice, sometimes instrumental - and you have a really cool album hammer !!
Which criteria for the selection of the musicians were decisive is difficult to see because of the colorful mixture: So are Vince Gill out of the country area and Doyle Bramhall II (with great guitar and rock voice) going next to Jimmie Vaughan (great Stevie Ray's brother) and John Mayer (of which I was not a fan actually - but now I) can also be found Earl Klug and Kurt Rosenwinkel from the Jazz. And you can the "who's who" always continue: Derek Trucks, Robert Cray, Taj Mahal and Gary Clark Jr. - and it is still a few.
This truly unique blend has created a double album, which by surprise after surprise "jumps", sometimes fast, sometimes slow, sometimes bluesy, sometimes gently, sometimes violently - it is never boring!

As already mentioned - it is an excellent compilation of blues, jazz and rock in which of course always the guitar takes center stage. But one should not expect endless guitar solos, the end of which you brought wants sometimes: The guitar is always an important part, but Eric Clapton's, Keith Urban's or Keb Mo's voice (among many others) are not too shabby either! But if "Heavenly Bodies" is played with Kurt Rosenwinkel and "This Time" with Earl Klugh - WOW !!!! Instrumental jazz towards cross-over, sometimes with piano, sometimes without!

"Damn Right, I've Got The Blues" sings Buddy Guy - but I can in this album have no Blues! For this double CD is a big chunk of enthusiasm, a lot of variety and pure Groove (almost like a MonoBlocks).