Livin’ and feelin’, singin’ and healin’, preachin’ and dealin’ the psychedelic blues to the masses!  Son Powers doubles the dosage with more hard-drinking and deep-thinking tunes—fortified by pedigreed bluesmen Rob Piazza, Chuck Nash, Billy Bowers and Walter Mingledorff.  On his third solo album Powers discourses on assorted themes including cheating death, incarceration, moroseness, class warfare, the necessity for restraining orders, higher learning (and the price thereof), moments of clarity, and self-abnegation.  And as usual he did it exactly the way he wanted, complete with the Genuine High John The Conqueror Root heraldry on the back cover.

 

Son Powers ups the ante with even more cryptic and apocalyptic tunes—this time supercharged by legendary blues drummer Rob Piazza.  On his second solo album Powers holds forth on topics as diverse as the wages of sin, foreordination, the pitfalls of loquacity, marital discord (and resulting eternal damnation), self-zombification, and astrophysics.  And again, he did it exactly the way he wanted, including the Victor Moscoso inspired guitar art on the cover.

 

A witches' brew of tribal rhythms, fuzz bass, brooding vocals, and staccato piano, this feral effort was composed, played and sung entirely by one man. A reclusive southern blues songwriter and occasional performer, Son Powers is an alumnus of the Jacksonville, Florida blues band Worldwide Hoodoo and earlier bands including Crosscut Saw, King Bee, Parker Brothers, and Charles Atkins & The Blues Boys. With Install Me, Powers has composed and recorded quirky observations ranging from mind control, to civic responsibility, to unlawful flight across state lines, to sexual braggadocio, to the 9-11 attack, to a child's first prayer. And he did it exactly the way he wanted, including the Rick Griffin inspired cover art.