Charlie Baty messages a life of experience through his guitar playing and Rick Estrin puts to lyric some sage advice garnered from years of living. Stevie Ray gives us a modern interpretation of a childhood rhyme while Bubby honors the loss of Stevie.

John Lee and Koko contrast the two sides of the gender equation while James remind us that there are always two trains running either on or off of the track. Johnny Otis and Ray Charles teach us the result of our at times foolish ways while the Count and Joe lament the current state of affairs.

Roy Byrd, aka Professor Longhair comes to the realization of all of his troubles while Rick and Charlie enlighten us that regardless of all permutations and rationalizations that we can dream up, our reality is probably a bit more down to earth than our dreams would lead us to believe.

The blues are multifaceted and with a hue for most any circumstance that you may experience. While the blues is an honest balm that might at times seem uncomfortable to apply, its dedication to honesty rises to the occasion and helps us right our course and see that maybe things aren't quite as bad as they seem, and that tomorrow is a new day in which we can strive to do better than the last.