Class Instrumentation - class music!

Carl Carlon one of the guitar wizards who are unfortunately too unknown, because they can not step out of the shadow of their famous employers. This is in Carlton's case Peter Maffay. On his solo album manages the Ostfriese finally without, make the influence of the Romanians at what he thinks is right. And that's just as well.
First of all it must be said that it has been able to gain an excellent band and first-class guest musicians for this album. Guests include Robert Palmer and the brilliant Sonny Landreth, who is in this country have become most famous by John Hiatt, here.
The result is an eclectic mix of good rockers and soft ballads with a trip to the radio corner.
The punchy rocker (especially, give the ingenious "Shoeshine shuffle" in the Wurlitzer piano and guitar a monkey strong Mix) often remind amazingly to the Rolling Stones, and then a bit of Lynyrd Sknyrd. From its gentle side we get Carlton and his SongDogs eg in the spine-tingling song "Let It Rain" to hear and it dominates the old singer-songwriter-Technology: Two acoustic guitars accompany Song ("Long Distance Love"), the text of longing and love is. Especially in this song comes to Ausruck that the brilliant guitarist Carlton is also a brilliant singer.
That "I can feel the FYA" by Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood especially for Carl Carlton (who sings in this song together with Robert Palmer!) Was composed, unfortunately can not hide the fact that this song, the radio has ambitions, the weakest is on this album.
Carl Carlton should remain in the solid rock. That he dominated from the FF, it is on this album prove and I will not be the only one who asks expectantly: "Carl, when will the second CD"