The fourth album of five in the now sadly departed guitarist Bernie Marsden’s Inspirations series comprises Marsden’s devoted covers of songs by some of his rock heroes, and includes a sparkling reimagining of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Purple Haze’.
It opens, in homage to Peter Green, with ‘Shake Your Money Maker’, the Elmore James song made famous by blues-years Fleetwood Mac, and also includes Green’s ‘Man of the World’, as well as ‘Like It This Way’, a Danny Kirwan song from Mac’s 1969 Chicago sessions album.
The choice of that illustrates Marsden’s appreciation of deep cuts, underlined by a brilliant version of Rory Gallagher’s ‘Wheels Within Wheels’ and his take on Derek and The Dominos’ ‘Bell Bottom Blues’.