Reviewed by Stephen Luff

Now this is an interesting one! If you are as old as I am you will probably remember the late 70s' hit "Black Betty" by Ram Jam. Well, the drummer and producer of this recording, Mike Scavone, was a member of this band and subsequent to their chart success was saved and joined Long Branch Covenant Church in New Jersey. This was produced two years ago and I understand it to be their first recording. The material is generally excellent but the track order is somewhat erratic starting with a Vineyard type worship song "King Of All The Earth" with a mixture of rock 'n' roll/blues/pop/rock and praise and worship tracks following. However, this is only a minor complaint as there are excellent songs here - the stand out track for me is "Jesus Don't Always Pay On Friday (But He Always Pays On Time)", a wonderful blues track with Bob Dylan-style harmonica played by Mr Scavone himself and blissful vocals by a lady called Ayn Little (who sings on two other tracks as well). So well worth checking out if you are willing to give that f/fwd button some exercise to assist musical consistency!

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