KIRK FLETCHER "MY TURN" Source: Cahl’s Juke Joint Date: 04/2010 Writer: Carl Abernathy

Kirk Fletcher's one of the best young guitarists on the blues scene today. That's clear as soon as you hear the biting blues on "El Medio Stomp," his own composition that opens his new album, "My Turn." His funky rendition of Sly Stone's "Let Me Have It All" is even raunchier.

He's a fine singer, too. Fletcher sounds both relaxed and passionate when he sings Jimmy Reed's "Found Love." His vocals sound smooth and urgent on Jimmy Reed's "Ain't No Way." Still, even on those songs, it's his guitar that provides the fire. And his guitar's hot indeed.