It’s hard to believe that James Hunter has been recording for almost four decades now. His Off the Fence is his eleventh studio album and debut for Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound after years in the Dap Tone stable. Ironically, Daptone’s co-founder, Gabriel Roth, produced, not Auerbach. It’s refreshing to see an album without multiple guests as Hunter reconvenes with his longtime band, The James Hunter Six. Oh, there is one guest, Hunter’s mentor, Van Morrison, who duets with Hunter on the jump blues “Ain’t That a Trip.” Otherwise, it’s strictly the James Hunter Six who render Hunter’s dozen penned tunes. It’s the same James Hunter we’ve come to know – smooth vocals, a touch of wit, grit from the band, and R&B grooves that Hunter dubs Northern…

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