Neal Black & The Healers - Handful Of Rain (2007)

Neil Black has a voice like a rusty railroad track and when it comes to hot licks he’s proved to be an ace guitarslinger whenever he wields his Gibson Flying V or picks up an acoustic resonator. On “Handful of Rain” the Healers’ instrumental skills cover the whole range of guitars, keyboard, accordion, mandolin, pedal steel, bass, drum, harmonica with some brass augmentation on a couple of tracks. Hard driving stuff, some slow gut wrenching blues and a respectful nod to older country blues styles.