I got my ass kicked tonight at the infamous Seattle "Crocodile" by an English kid and guitar slinger by the name of Davy Knowles. And man, I saw the light. The breadth and depth of knowledge this young man has of music is just plain scary. There may be a "few" better guitar technicians, but this axe man has the X factor; that rare musical voice with gut wrenching soul and a whole lotta blues. And all of that at the young age of 22 and he flat out tears it up! No ma'am,' this ain't no pretender...

And then there is his band, Back Door Slam. I've grown tired of so many Hammond B3 players who don't know how to bring it, but the newest member of the band, Ty Bailie, a Seattle native, plays with a pair of nads the size of Costa Rica. The man can play, has taken the B3 to a new level and he brings a chemistry to the band that cannot be denied. He opens a door that allows Knowles to pick his spots and burn. He can fill it up, does it with taste, with an abundance of musical intellect and flare. Whoa! Under what rock has this guy been hiding?

The rhythm section of Steven Barci on drums and PK on bass, also Seattle natives, bring a rock sensibility to the blues that allows Knowles to move in multiple directions vertically and horizontally and they can change up as well as any blues band running the circuit today.

But this isn't your ordinary blues band, not that that would be a bad thing. PK studied under no other than the late great