
Son of Dave is Benjamin Darvill whom you may or may not recognize as part of Crash Test Dummies . As he so succinctly puts it he has spent the last few years bringing "the Blues kicking and howling into the 21st Century" and if this recording is any measure I'd say he's been quite successful. Darvill is a modern day troubadour with an impressive range and razor-sharp wit. While he begs comparison to Tom Waits , his delivery as a one man band stomping, looping and fighting his way through the records eleven tracks [...]