Roomful of Blues founding guitarist Duke Robillard initially signed to Canadian label Stony Plain with the intention of playing more straightforward music, to stick to the blues, instead of the musical mélange that had long been his specialty. But his 2002 outing for the label, Living with the Blues, shows that when Robillard immerses himself in a genre, he still can't help exploring that genre's stylistic variety. This album includes everything from the Freddie King tune 'Use What You Got,' performed with a taut intensity reminiscent of Muddy Waters, to a delta-inflected Tampa Red song, 'Hard Road,' to the funk-edged 'Goodtime Charlie.'

Additional Details

Label: Stony Plain

Genre: Blues

Run Time: 40 mins

Release Date: 01/29/02

UPC: 772532127721