Bob Nelson's monicker points to the Windy City, he's been based in Atlanta for the last decade.
Nelson may not spend his time on the Chicago blues circuit, but his sound is pure '50s mainstream Chicago, rendered right on the money. This album could just as easily have been cut three decades ago, so authentic is its sound. Bob's sturdy harp work and strong, unaffected vocals perfectly re-create that glorious Windy City style on sparkling covers on Little Walter's Just a Feeling and the title cut, Jimmy Roger's Sloppy Drunk, Jimmy Reed's Little Rain and J.B. Hutto's Too Much Alcohol.
The harpist's original numbers are in the same vein, from the Elmore James influenced in My Bed All Alone to the highly amusing Call My Landlady.
Nelson's band plays with sympathy throughout, guitarist J.T. Speed supplying simple, very effective embellishments. Pianist Bob Page shines on rocking sides like J.B. Lenoir's Mama Talk To Your Daughter and a original, Bogalusa Boogie.

The lone exception to the Chicago motif is a pleasingly swampy Excello cover, If you Think I've Lost you (Nelson traveled with Slim Harpo early in his career). Although Chicago Bob hasn't been a regular part of the Windy City scene since 1965, he displays a masterful feel for vintage Chicago blues here.