This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
“I’m gonna play the blues tonight, man, ’cause that’s what I do,” explains Dave Alvin. And damned if the Blasters guitarist isn’t true to his word, turning in a sterling, low-wattage slate of gnarly juke-joint confessions and dark-hearted roots novellas propelled by his smoky baritone and twangy, sizzling Strat.
