Hughes Taylor plays his 6 string ax hard and heavy, and sings with a snarl with a team of Ben Alford/, Tom Wilson/key, Jonathan Benton-Greg Sassaman/dr and a mix of guests. His guitar wails with a Hendrixy swirl on the rocking “Treat Me Right” and “Trouble” while his voice has a streetwise growl. He does some Mark Knopfler wah-wah workings on strait grooves of “Highwayman” and “The Refugee” while getting husky on a pretty Tedeschi-Trucksish “Dreamily”. He shows some tasty pickings on the instrumental “Wicked Woman” and gets jazzy on the soft boogie jam of “Excuses”. The team shuffles with abandon as Taylor puts his gritty voice to “She’s My Everything” and he attacks the acoustic strings as they beg for mercy on “No Evil Love”. Bold as love.