No doubt fifty something Richmond resident Robbin Thompson can dine out on the fact that in 1970-71 he was once the lead singer in the Bruce Springsteen band Steel Mill, but any hope that a little of the Boss' stardust has rubbed off has to remain a pipedream.
The ten songs on this album culled from 3 years of on-off session time may share Springsteen's themes of life being a road and this being a big, mean old world but that's where the similarities end.
The blues and soul based sojourns are stuck in 70s rut and way too mellow to get the pulse racing.
The disc features a title track co-written with country music artist Phil Vassar and a collaboration with Dave Matthews Band members Carter Beauford and Butch Taylor. That song, “I Won’t Quit (Till I Get Home),” was composed for the movie “The Fighting Temptations.” which starred Beyonce There's also a cover by fellow Virginian, Jesse Winchester ('Nothing But A Breeze')
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The problem is that that while Thompson may like to think of this as a wry soundtrack to the highway of life, it never really gets out the the slow lane.
The only blurs here will be the passing traffic.
10t 38.07m
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