Jook Bourke's record, "A Redhead from Chesapeake Bay", is fusion of blues, bluegrass, and folk with a focus on the dominant voice of the well-played acoustic guitar. The title track is as fine a story-telling piece of music heard in the genre. A modern rhythmic track supports travis-style guitar picking and the story of the redhead. Bourke dedicates a black-queen-styled slide-blues piece to the Grandfather he never met in, "Granddad's Face". Bourke sings, 'they say you thought a camera could steal part of your soul, but why there are no photographs nobody knows for sure. And I will never see your face, touch your hands or look into your eyes, but sure that I can see you in the faces that look like mine'. The guitar work is squeaky soulful perfect. Bourke continues with traditional guitar-porch blues in "I'm a Bad Man". Guitar lays down the dominant 1/4/5 acoustic guitar blues as Bourke warns, 'yeah i'm a bad man it's a good idea to leave my daughter's alone'. Bourke's voice throughout is raw and deep - with a rasp that bleeds experience and sincerity. The production of the album varies from raw guitar/vocal to that of a reverbed chamber performance in tracks like, "It's Just a Dream". The difference provides a contrast to the listener atop the consistent blues/guitar/vocal of each track. Bourke uses extended chords and a touch of jazz in "Let Him Feel Good" - another nice contrast to the rest of the CD. In "This Place is Hot" Bourke introduces us to harmonica and overdubbed guitar as he describes a stucco home that's 'hot but it's cool'. One of our favorite tracks on the CD is "Trying to be a Better Man" as Bourke winds through all the aspects of himself he's trying to improve or get rid of. Slide guitar is great and the blues is supported by shuffled drum kit. Solid collection of blues guitar love with vocals that penetrate and effectively communicate.