Roddy Gordon is a blues singer, harpist and guitarist from Littlehampton in South Australia. He’s been active since the sixties and without ever getting to the fore he’s been around. Hij played from Sydney all teh way to the London West End and in all kinds of surroundings, performing at mariages, in festivals, at restaurants. He’s a genuine, someone for whom his passion may mean a loaf of bread less on the table, always our kind of guy. Nowadays he plays blues and roots music, mostly inspired by the blues in a mix of standards and originals, solo, in duo (with Tom Stehlik as a partner) and in trio (with Tom as a drummer en someone called Lyndon on bass) ‘Love And Blues’ is the name of his CD. For those who know Mike Brosnan, mentioning this name is clear: voice and style run parallel lines, as in ‘She’s Mine’, a truly fine song. Just as is the case for the man from New Zealand, Roddy brings along a year long experience, but he’s doesn’t quite reach the high level of Mike. Probably no one is waiting on another version of ‘St. James Infirmary’, at least not when it’s in a classical execution. The elaborate electric guitar playing is more than once vague and lacking sense and purpose. That does not at all mean that Roddy Gordon has nothing to offer: this repertoire will surely do the trick live and ‘Love And Blues’ is no less than a great souvenir of such a concert. Those into Irish music will no doubt crave ‘McPherson’s Rant’, as Roddy Gordon is a man for all seasons. ‘Love And Blues’ is the kind of CD one has to hear first: it could be your thing.