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The CD contains more covers than originals. On Howlin’ Wolf’s “Howling for My Darling,” Sunday Wilde adds her unique delivery along with an original verse written from a woman’s perspective, while the band stays true to the spirit of Wolf. Three Ruth Brown songs are also covered, with Reno Jack and Wilde leaning heavily into her influence. “Love Contest” illustrates their style.

The band is tight throughout the set. Reno solos with Cleave Anderson and Steve Koch on “Moonlight Rising,” while Sunday solos with Cleave, John MacLeod, and Reno on “No Matter How Far.” The session started at noon and was finished by eight.

This collection evokes the early-to-mid twentieth-century period of electric-acoustic music: piano, bass, drums, harmonica, bare-bones electric guitars, and 40-watt amps. The delivery is concise, deliberate, honest, and simple, blending blues, folk, country and western, with a touch of gospel and pop.

“Even a Pentecostal Pastor who uses snakes would have to wear oven mitts to handle this hot, sexy, steamy CD of love and passion.”
Peter J. Moore

This album was Reno Jack’s final recording. He passed away a number of months after this release.

Over the past decade, Reno Jack and Sunday Wilde released eight albums and received awards and nominations including Best Blues and Roots Release of the Year on Blues411, two Voters Choice Best Blues Song of the Year wins at the Independent Music Awards, and finalist recognition in the International Songwriting Competition. Their releases received worldwide roots and blues radio play, including #3 in Mexico and #1 at Vassar College on the blues charts, and reached the Living Blues Report. Some remained on the Roots Music Report charts for months.