The promising Belgian blues band Fred Lani & The Healers consists of Frédéric Lani (vocals / guitar), Papy X (bass) and Axel Muller (drums). Lani wrote eight of the eleven songs for this surprisingly good CD herself, including the opening track "No matter what they say", "Love is lie" (with great solos by Lani), "How you do this" and the closing track "Fast swing. ". The three other compositions
… are "Ain't nobody's business" (J. Whiterspoon), "Messin 'with the kid" (Junior Wells) and "Time out" (Chester Burnett). The interplay between the band members is excellent, Lani's guitar playing is masterly and his compositions are also worthwhile. In short, this is a blues CD that is absolutely worth listening to. (JW) _more
