Track Listing

1. Nothing To Do With Love
2. Just What You're Looking For
3. Playing With A Losing Hand
4. Eye For An Eye, An
5. How Far Down
6. Train To My Heart
7. Slow Train To Nowhere
8. Number's Down
9. That Good Old Rockin' Blues
10. Tough Times Ahead
11. Sum Of Something, The

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2948 in Music
• Released on: 2009-09-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: CD

Customer Reviews

Just what you're looking for...
Apparently this is John's 57th studio album and while there is nothing here that compares to his best 60s releases this is a great-sounding, consistent set of material produced by Mayall himself. The band consists of guitarist Rocky Athas, bassist Greg Rzab, drummer Jay Davenport and Tom Canning on keyboards - with Mayall playing harmonica, organ and guitar.

John also writes three new songs "Slow Train To Nowhere" an organ-based slow burner, "That Good Old Rockin' Blues" and "Tough Times Ahead" a commentary on the current world economy. For someone in his mid-70s Mayall still has the puff to play harp on many numbers and the band support him well, with Canning's keyboards being excellent throughout and Rocky Athas contributing good guitar, without being outstanding. Mayall's voice isn't as strong as it was but in some ways that adds to its charm on some numbers. My favourite track is the acoustic(ish) "How far down" (by Nashville's Brian Langlinais), with "Number's down" and the jazzy, organ-led "An eye for an eye" not far behind.

On first listen I was going to give this 3 stars but it has grown on me and I think it definitely deserves four - a good set of songs, with Mayall and the band all on good form. John manages to break some new ground here but there are also nods to the past and it definitely has that distinctive John Mayall sound.

Tough to sound good
john mayall just gets better with age,a new band a new lead guitarist (Rocky Athas )and a more up beat sound. John Mayall,s voice has seen better days but for me its keyboard player Tom Canning who makes this album. He is superb not to take it away form the other guys, this is a another great blues package from John. here's to the next one.

Tough enough
Bought this on spec and very glad I did. I've always been a fan of the old guys ridin' into the sunset leavin' a great last album behind (a la Charlie Louvin, Billie Joe Shaver etc.) and this fits the bill. A giant of British Blues speaking his mind and inspiring his band to deliver music of the highest order. If you were to be overly critical, you might think the lyrics a bit basic at times but the man's honesty carries him through. And with such a great band chooglin' him along, he's carried with the respect he so richly deserves.