Elvin Bishop Source: Gibson Date: 10/2008 Writer: Ted Drozdowski

This former southern pop hit maker’s (“Fooled Around and Fell in Love”) return to his blues roots has been a solid groove, and his dirty Mississippi tone bear hugs the biographical “Oklahoma” just right. Elsewhere guests James Cotton, Derek Trucks, George Thorogood, Warren Hayes and Kim Wilson keep the damp smell of the Delta in the air. A stone blues delight.