What's good comes quickly. That rule also applied to Gary Clark Jr. His debut album (2013) was well received and for the next 2 years Clark was on stage non-stop. Including as 'special guest' of and even in the White House. There, President Obama said about him: 'That guy's the future of the blues'. The man himself seems to undergo everything imperturbably. He does interviews with fresh reluctance,
… he prefers to let his voice and guitar sing. Clarks wanted to record a personal second album. This is also evident from the album title in which the singer processed two nicknames: his mother calls him 'Sonny Boy' and his friends gave him the pet name 'Slim'. Like Blak & Blu, Clark's second is particularly varied. For example, the rough blues song Grinder (complete with screeching guitar solo) stands brotherly next to funky soul songs like Star and Cold Blooded. The great thing is that Gary Clark Jr. knows how to combine these diverse styles smoothly. In it he shows himself to be the true master. All the praise is justified. (PdK)more