Clear Blue Flame [CD]

CLEAR BLUE FLAME continues Delta Moon's carrying of the Southern rock torch into the 2000s. Working from the same set of influences as on HOWLIN' (the Allman Brothers Band's BROTHERS AND SISTERS, the Outlaws' BEST OF THE OUTLAWS: GREEN GRASS AND HIGH TIDES, the Marshall Tucker Band's THE BEST OF THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND: THE CAPRICORN YEARS), the band once again adds some modern guitar sounds, thus making this CD sound like more than just a retread. Delta Moon clearly carry the Southern rock/country-rock torch into the 21st Century, and let's hope that they do so for a long, long time.