The collaboration with Solomon Burke gave De Dijk renewed inspiration. Unfortunately, the legendary soul singer passed away a few days after Hold On Tight, the studio result of their collaboration, was released. With this album, the Amsterdam group is relentlessly moving in the direction we are used to from them: rock, soul and blues with the striking lyrics of Huub as the finishing touch. It seems
… as if the singer walked with his soul under his arm for a while and seriously wondered whether he wanted to continue with De Dijk. 'You may want to leave the blues but the blues never leaves you'. A gloomy picture of a man who seems to have his affairs in order. Yet the indeterminate blues feeling of De Blues Verlaat Je Nooit delivers one of the best songs on this album. The first half of Scherp De Zeis is full of very strong songs, culminating in Kan Ik Iets voor Je Doen, a typical Dijk ballad with a beautiful comforting text. (PdK)more