"Red Hot Texas Blues" is Michaels’ first blues album in several years, surprising, since he's lately spending as much time with his funk band as he is with Art Napoli and their metal speed-rock explosion known as "Trash Rock Kings"; his roadhouse blues extravaganza live shows have been less and less frequent. With material ranging from the gutsy, gritty blues call to arms of “Not This Time” (the protagonist is clearly an easy touch yet somehow manages to escape the temptation..) to the elegant yet emotionally shattering ballad “Rolling On Down The Street” to the soul-nourishing, all-out funk attack of the opening track “Bus Driver” on which Michaels’ voice rises up to meet the almighty power of the dirty funk riffs rolling out of the wall of marshalls...