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Title: Growing Pains
Review: KWS is clearly trying to stretch his wings on this album. He does the majority of the vocals (for the first time) and has definitely diverged from his previous albums' style of SRV and Hendrix styled electric blues guitars.I don't begrudge him, or any artist, the attempt to grow and find his own artistic identity. This attempt, however, was a failure. Rather than being progressive and eclectic, it's scattered and unfocused. He sings a few songs, his (former?) vocalist sings a couple (and makes you wonder why he wasn't allowed to sing them all), he attempts a "modern rock" sound, tries a ballad or two, has a forgetable duet with Kid Rock, and even throws in instrumental.It's a shame. I was hoping (expecting?) he would be the dominant figure for decades to come in the blues/rock genre. From the sounds of this album, he's specifically (and disappointingly) chosen to defy that expectation.
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