by Bill Dahl
This was the charismatic southpaw's debut album back in 1980, and remains his best to date. He rocks like Chuck Berry used to (but no longer can) on &I Wouldn't Lay My Guitar Down,& and tears up the West Side-based &Bad Dream& and &Blues for a Living,& imparts a hard-driving Chi-town shuffle to &Find You a Job& and &I'm Tore Up,& and gives &Lazy Woman& a decidedly un-lazy Latin tempo. One of the best Chicago blues LPs of the 1980s.