This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
He looks like Steve Vai, dresses like a refugee from The Cult and has enough tattoos to be a member of Mötley Crüe.
But L.A. whiz kid Eric Sardinas isn’t just another metalhead butchering the blues. He’s the real deal. First clue: His instrument of choice is an electric dobro — for the uninitiated, that’s sort of like a guitar, but with a metal plate on the front. Second clue: He sings like Johnny Winter — and isn’t ashamed of it. Third clue: When he rips into a tasteful, fingerpicked slide solo, you can tell he has the chops to pull off all that Van Halen-style noisemaking that passes for soloing these days — but he doesn’t. Need more proof? Both the aforementioned Winter and blues-guitar legend Hubert Sumlin bless this disc with guest shots.
