Gaye Adegbalola is best-known to blues fans as the flamboyant, flashy, very funny frontwoman for Saffire, The Uppity Blues Women. But on her debut release as a solo artist for Alligator Records, she's in fine voice, accompanied by some great players and, true-to-form, pushing into new thematic ground in her lyrics. That's why Adegbalola is a breath of fresh air on the contemporary blues scene, and now that Saffire have slowed their pace of touring, with any luck, Adegbalola will be on tour in a town near you. Bitter Sweet Blues released in 1999, is a brilliant album, and this ...