Snarling at both vocals and harmonica, Bobby BlackHat leads a calloused hand team of Brian Eubanks/b, Tom Euler/g, Michael Behlmar/dr, Lucy Lawrence Kilpatric/key, Cal Hamlin/org, Larry Berwald/g-sg and Lucius Bennett KK?voc on a mix of foot stomping blues and boogie. Wailing Hoeners are spewed ou ton “I Smell Another Man On You” and the notes cry out on a riveting “Hallelujah.” BlackHat stomps through the South Side of Chicago on a pounding “Overdose of the Blues,” gets eerie on the long shadowed “Grim Reaper” and gets fun and funky for “Back To Cleveland.” Some nice twang and piano takes you to the local VFW on “May I Have This Dance?” and even the acoustic “This Grey Beard” fits in for a short catch of breath. This guys got grit under his nails.