By Graham Clarke, Blues Byte.
With Concrete Blues (New Wilderness Records), Randy Lee Riviere brought on Tom Hambridge as producer and drummer, with Kenny Greenburg and Bob Britt on guitars, Stephen McKay and Robert Kearns on bass, and Mike Rojas on keyboards. Despite the lineup changes, this set is a fine continuation of what we heard from Riviere’s previous release, Blues Sky, with more of his superb songwriting (11 Riviere originals, one co-written with Hambridge) and the overall blues-rock delivery.