Vince Converse - One Step Ahead (1999)

Tracklist

01. One Step Ahead
02. I Ain't Superstitious
03. Sleeper
04. Equality
05. Recession Blues
06. Give It Everything You've Got
07. She Thing
08. Back To Baby
09. Drown Yourself In The River
10. Someone Else Instead
11. SNAFU
12. Lonesome

Another in a long line of electric blues guitarists influenced primarily by Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vince Converse turns in a flawed but promising debut with One Step Ahead. His vocals are a bit strained and wanting in power and soulfulness at times, and the musical backing could use a looser, funkier feel, but Converse's guitar work is stinging and evocative, suggesting that with time, he'll grow into a first-rate bluesman.