by Bill Dahl
It shouldn't have taken Johnson a full decade to find his way back into a studio, but such are the injustices of the record business. The wait was worth it, though -- backed by his touring trio of the timeframe, Johnson mixes blues and soul, originals (a heartfelt &Black & White Wall& and the soaring ballad &My Ring&) and covers (his takes on McKinley Mitchell's &End of a Rainbow& and Wilson Pickett's &Engine Number 9& hit home), in decidedly solid contemporary form.