However, for longtime fans who had been keeping tabs on, the turn might not have been so unexpected. And not just kinda good, especially for guy who had been largely labeled as a clone, but really, truthfully, organically good as a blues album in its own right.
Anybody who was initially confused by singer/songwriter 's foray into blues with 2005's could only have been further confounded upon listening to the album and coming to the realization that it was actually good.