SHOW OF STRENGTH

A powerhouse performer, Michael Burks was one of the blues' top live draws, headlining festivals all over the world. His records were equally celebrated, with 2008's Iron Man called "a knockout" by Mojo magazine and "exceptional, exquisite and wicked" in Billboard. Show Of Strength, recorded in early 2012, burns with the white-hot intensity that made Burks one of the greatest bluesmen of his generation. His sudden death in May 2012 robbed the blues world of one of its brightest stars.