If you like the blues and Boogie-Woogie, this is your album. A virtual unknown, the 83-year-old Duskin passed up a potentially rewarding career as a rollicking pianist after promising his father that he wouldn't play the devil's music. So it wasn't until the early 1970's, after his father passed away, that Duskin hit the keyboards again. He released a smashing debut on Arhoolie, Cincinnati Stomp, which is a marvelous outing replete with several jumping tunes, and followed it with a couple of live albums in Europe. This is his first new domestic collection in 16 years, though, and it's a keeper. Once again, Duskin shows his good taste and excellent chops with 16 wonderful tracks. A couple of tunes are original, while the rest are covers of Lowell Fulsom, Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, and Lucille Bogan. He plays with passion, possesses a voice that harks back to the blues greats, and, most of all knows how to have a good time. Every number is a winner, including his version of "Down the Road A Piece," a song first popularized by Amos Milburn. No Blues collection would be complete without Big Joe Duskin.