This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Canuck country-bluesman Ray Bonneville’s last album, A Gust of Wind, was up for best blues album at this year’s Junos. Obviously, Bonneville is not a man who rests on his laurels.
Less than a year later, the Ottawa-born, Quebec- and Boston-raised singer-guitarist is back with this first-class followup, recorded live in the studio last year. That setting is a perfect showcase for Bonneville’s laid-back, casual style, which blends the breezy, back-porch vibe of J.J. Cale, the lonesome, backroads folk of Taj Mahal and the lazy, hazy vocals of Bob Dylan. He didn’t take home the prize this time, but I won’t be surprised to see him on the nomination list again next year.
