Omar Dykes tears it up big-time on this marvelous live outing. Pulling tunes largely from his then-current Hard Times in the Land of Plenty album,
Dykes and his band deliver the goods with loads of panache and attitude for a hometown crowd hanging on every note.
Dykes' voice is poised somewhere between
Howlin' Wolf and
Bob Seger, while his guitar style is a Texas version of
John Fogerty's work with
Creedence, but the sound he produces out of all this is totally unique. The disc is loaded with solid
Dykes originals like "Mississippi Hoo Doo Man," "Same Old Grind," "Hard Times in the Land of Plenty," and a wild encore performance of
Jerry McCain's "Rock'n'Roll Ball." One great little package. ~ Cub Koda