Consisting of Brandon Stallard/voc-g, Ben Chute/g-slg, Jim Fratini/b, Erik Lawrence/sax, Mark Kanter/harm, Brooks Milgate/key, Jeff Glidden/dr and guests like producer Paul Nelsong-mand, the band Cryin’ Out Loud rocks the blues with energy. Stallard has a growl of a voice,gritty around the tensile guitar on “I Smoke Cigars and I Play The Blues” and swings hard with the saxes on “ Moonshine Lover”. There is a hint of the Doobie Brothers on rockers like “Tell Her” and “Time Away From You” and a deep dish of Chicago South on the bluesbreaker “If You’re Gonna Leave”. The rhythm team gets jazzy for “Instead” and the horns hit the Rat Pack on ”You Can Dance To The Blues”. The band feels live and kickin’