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Jake Andrews is the future of blues-rock. And as this onetime prodigy from Austin, Texas comes to maturity, his music blossoms with a rich mix of the blues tradition and the music's coming evolution. He is not only a stunning guitar stylist in the Texas tradition of T-Bone Walker, Freddie King, Johnny Winter and Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, but also a souful singer and preternaturally gifted songwriter. Don't believe us? Then check out what his precursors have to say. Jimmie Vaughan says of Jake, "He's exactly what the blues needs to keep going: someone with a feel for the music who isn't afraid to take it to new places." The late Albert Collins predicted years ago that "by the time he's old enough to buy a drink he may be ahead of us all." Now, at 21 years old, Andrews is ready to claim his rightful place as a new blues master.

His self-titled debut on Antone's Records follows Jake's Top 10 Rock Radio hit with "Time To Burn," and is a landmark statement in the contemporary blues idiom. Produced by rock legend Carla Olson, the disc ranges across a wide variety of blues styles and modes with an inspired energy and sense of purpose. It's a disc that is both faithful to the roots of the blues and visionary in its contemporary outlook true blues for the 21st Century.