It’s no exaggeration to state that Boo Boo Davis is one of the last of the authentic blues men.

Ronnie Lane, Joost Maglev, Patrice Jegou, Tiny Legs Tim and the Green are part of the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

This Toto demo is thoroughly enjoyable but, in the end, “Miss Sun” truly was a gift for Boz Scaggs.

‘Sweet Fanny Adams,’ thought of as the first genuine album from the Sweet, arrived 45 years ago this month.

Released a decade ago today, Diana Krall’s ‘Quiet Nights’ succeeds as easy listening – in the best sense of those words.

It didn’t last very long, but Aerosmith belatedly recaptured their initial spirit and energy 15 years ago today on ‘Honkin’ on Bobo.’

“Life Is What It Is” doesn’t sound like it belongs on the stink-fest that is 1979’s ‘Chicago 13.’

Most bands that have been around as long as these guys are content to rest on their legacy. Grupo Fantasma is not most bands.

So maybe no one asked for a reunion of Todd Rundgren’s Utopia? It’s a question that should have been asked. And ‘Live at the Chicago Theatre’ is the answer.

Songs can change radically from demo to final version. Nothing demonstrates this fact more than the Beatles’ “Child of Nature.”