What an intriguing album this is. Some background, both on Music Street Journal and this artist, is in order. I've mentioned it before, but half of every issue has to be progressive rock. Over the last few years that's led to a real backlog of non-prog. So it can take a long time to get to reviewing something like this once it's - in this case, I think it was over a year. Well, that's kind of worth mentioning here because of the age of this musician. At the time this album was recorded, Jack Barksdale was 11. He's now 13. The really impressive thing is that, other than a train whistle, he does all the music on this, and he wrote most of the songs.

There is a real sense of maturity to his songwriting and performances. Other than his voice, which actually sounds younger than 11 to me, you would definitely not know that he is a kid. I'm reminded of how Joe Bonamassa got his start at such a young age. As it has been with him, it will be interesting to see what the future holds for this musician. If you like slide guitar and roots music, you must check this out. I'm just sorry it took so long for me to get to it.

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