Barrel house piano and some early blues-a-billy licks...the age old tale of missing things that we once took for granted i.e ...to purchase homemade whiskey for a dollar a jar...great chorus a.)sing; b.)cry or c.)get on the dance floor. This song provides all three.

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Can't Get That Stuff

Mid-tempo hard blues shuffle regarding the hardly infrequent blues song subject of having a lady who is largely suspected of infidelity. In this case when her kisses taste like cigarettes, added to the fact she doesn't even smoke, he doesn't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out she has been with another man.

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Eyes In The Back Of My Head

Medium slow blues song provides the setting for some fine guitar work from L.W., honking good sax punctuations, tinkling piano and Hammond B-3 flow over the tight rhythm section. The story of a man with his heart locked in the cell of a bad relationship.

03 Locked In A Prison

The song features some prominent bass guitar work and accordion highlights which give the tune a slight merrily bouncing hangs zydeco flavoring to the melody which floats contrary to the title.

04 Sad N' Blue

Jazzy arrangement with moody B-3. Willie's voice is smooth with a speck of grit. The lyric relate the sorrow of a man who receives a "Dear John" letter on his door, only to realize later that it was all a bad dream.

05 Note On My Door

The faintly Latin-infused song contains a catchy guitar lead and horn accents. Drums sticks striking the rims give the impression of a persistent knocking on the door while the organ aids the melody superbly. Willie sings in heart baring detail that he won't make the mistake of allowing a female to hurt him again and that next time, "I'll be more careful like a blindman in the dark."

06 Heartache

Hammond B-3 organ leads a nice melodic touch to this song. L.W. displays some beautiful guitar sustain and a way of reading a song reminiscent of Gary Moore and Mick Taylor. Once again his vocals do not disappoint and fit the song snugly.

07 Fuss And Fight

This is full of sinuous grooves and Peter Green-like snaky guitar along the lines of  Green's "Black Magic Woman." A story we can all relate to at one time or another in our lives... the flame of love burns out.

08 Phone Stopped Ringing

It has a old school sway flavor that differs from the balance of the other songs and provides a refreshing side-step. Great illustration of L.W.'s rhythm and blues roots, recalling an era when music tugged relentlessly at your heart and soul.

09 Thinking Of You

This recalls  the immortal boogie style of John Lee Hooker or the work of one of his disciples Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top). It's a fuel injected get-off-your-butt song impressively played and sung by Willie and provides a great choice to end the album with down an dirty inspiring flair.

10 Shake My Snake

Bluesman Lightnin' Willie has a distinctive approach to his music. The sound is an irresistible blend of tradition and spontaneous creativity, with a deliciously insidious emphasis on the groove. It is a compelling, hard swinging brand of blues that, whenever he performs, packs the floor--his audience can't not dance. A guitarist of impressive facility, a vocalist of cooly stylish authority and a composer of persuasive original blues that both extend and enhance the idiom. Willie's music has a rare individualistic quality. It is at once airy and full of open space yet is loaded with earthy, intense emotion, and as featured on his new Pete Anderson produced album, NO BLACK NO WHITE JUST BLUES, it showcases a master at the top of his game. Lightnin' Willie has gone from the low down beer joints to become staple on the international festival circuit, with plenty of wild stops along the way, from London's  Royal Albert Hall Ignite Series to Willie Nelson's infamous 4th of July Picnic, where he appeared along Paula Nelson, Willie, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell. The always dapper Lightnin' Willie, consistently genuine, never flashy, boundlessly entertaining, is reliably a high quality blues powerhouse who makes new fans with every performance. These attributes have won him stacks of enthusiastic praise from the press, landed his original tunes on numerous film and television soundtracks.

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