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Jim Byrnes is probably better known as an actor than a Juno award-winning blues singer. Yet, music has always been Byrnes’ primary craft and his last two collaborations with Vancouver roots producer Steve Dawson have created some truly sublime moments. The pattern continues here with help from the gospel harmonies of the Sojourners and some magnificent side players, including Jesse Zubot on violin and Dawson himself on various forms of guitar. The song selection is masterful from the hammer and anvil rhythm of Walk On Boy, the honky tonk take on The Band’s Ophelia and the soulful What Are They Doing In Heaven Today.