Houston-born singer/songwriter/guitarist Vince Converse began his musical career while still a sophomore in high school. He and his band, Sunset Heights, played blues-inflected rock in venues that he was still too young to patronize, appeared on international TV, and toured with acts like Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Johnny Winter, Peter Green, and Fats Domino. After playing with the group for seven years, Converse struck out on his own, moved to South Dakota, and released a solo album, 1999's Nineteen Fifteen, named after the birth year of Muddy Waters.
Another in a long line of electric blues guitarists influenced primarily by Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Vince Converse turns in a flawed but promising debut with One Step Ahead. His vocals are a bit strained and wanting in power and soulfulness at times, and the musical backing could use a looser, funkier feel, but Converse's guitar work is stinging and evocative, suggesting that with time, he'll grow into a first-rate bluesman.
Tracklist:
01. One Step Ahead 05:08
02. I Ain't Superstitious 04:41
03. Sleeper 05:10
04. Equality 04:43
05. Recession Blues Vince Converse 03:50
06. Give It Everything You Got 07:28
07. She Thing 04:19
08. Back to Baby 04:30
09. Drown Yourself in the River 04:53
10. Someone Else Instead 03:23
11. Snafu 04:46
12. Lonesome 03:29
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