With his weathered voice, honky tonk jukebox sensibility, and a catalog of songs that are sharp, clear, and not overly clever just for the sake of showing he can be clever as a songwriter, Wayne Hancock has frequently been compared to the godfather of this whole modern country thing, Hank Williams, a bestowal that would probably mess up most artists. Hancock seems to handle the accolade, though, and he is arguably the finest country traditionalist working the 21st century country scene, a scene that has seen the genre drift increasingly toward tight-jeans posturing and grand pop gestures. Hancock, who tosses out a roots mix of old country, roadhouse blues, western dance swing, boogie bop, and straight-up rockabilly, takes what was once old and makes it seem like it's always been and always will be, and like any veteran road musician, he knows what he does and he knows how to make it click on any given night.....Steve Leggett

1. Ride
2. Low Down Blues
3. Best to Be Alone
4. Lone Road Home
5. Get the Blues Low Down
6. Deal Gone Down
7. Fair Weather Blues
8. Home with My Baby
9. Gal from Kitchen's Field
10. Cappuccino Boogie
11. Any Old Time
12. [Untitled]