Ruf (label)
27 February 2026 (released)
7 h
Classy, punchy and full on Blues/Rock, Matthew Curry is a musician/singer/songwriter with millions of miles on his CV. This album is basically his love song to the road.
Curry has a long history, coming out of Bloomington Illinois and playing with a host of bands over the years - The Doobie Brothers, Steve Miller Band, Peter Frampton, Journey, and Don Felder, with Steve Miller praising him as “a wonderful guitar player and great songwriter in the league of Stevie Ray Vaughan.”
He writes and plays in a Southern Rock style, crossing into Americana from time to time. He plays left handed and lays down some fine slide as well as riffing like a beast.
Opening track, ‘Rum Stumblin’’, leaps out of the speakers with a burst of brass, a party in 4 minutes, and sets the tone for the album, Curry’s vocals have a slightly feminie tone - reminiscent of the Blues belters of the mid-sixties - set against his riffy guitar style. It’s a real blast of an opener.
‘Born Behind The Wheel’ has the feel of a Doobie Brothers anthem, with some very Duane Allman style guitar in the breaks.
One of my favourites is ‘Dancing In The Kitchen’, a gentle and sweetly swinging little number, all whispery organ and Steve Millerish playing and singing.
Another favourite is the most sensitive of numbers, ‘The Rambling Kind’, gently played and sung from the heart and with real influences from his heroes Lynyrd Skynyrd ‘Freebird’.
The only cover on the album is a Skynyrd number, ‘Whisky Rock A Roller’ – another horn boosted blaster.
Matthew Curry is an artist who really can play, and while he won’t be starting any new trends of forms, this album is a great listen and dig into.
