The Nobby Reed Project released it's sixth CD-"Moonlight Drivin" on Oct18,2004. The cd is a milestone for Reed and his premier Blues Trio as it wasproduced,recorded and mixed by Nobby at NRP's beneath The Living Room Studioon his new AKAI 24 track DPS studio gear. The CD was once again mastered by Andre' Maquera at West Street Digitalin Fairfield,Vt. giving the disc a very professional unified tonality, warmwith crisp but not overbearing top end. The Project dishes out a generous 15 new songs, opening with the titletrack, a bouncy, rockin' tour de force. For those who have followed NRP since the beginning there's a noticeablematurity and refinement to Nobby's guitar tone thanks to a new vermont made"Zeeta-by Maven Peal" amplifier. There's a tightness and focus very evidentto fellow musicians which really enhances the albums platform."Only You" chugs away with super 8th and 16th note hi-hat work fromdrummer, percussionist Eric Belrose. The influence of Carlos Santana is heard and felt on"Morning Glory".This track also marks the first recorded appearance of Nobby's new top ofthe line Fender Acoustic guitar as well. Nobby returns to an old theme with a glorious thunderstorm at the headof"I Wish You Peace" a moody ballad which is one of the CD's zeniths! Tim Comings elderly Fender Precision Bass and SWR amp are sonically nearperfection on"Common Ground". Tim's love and mastery of the blues genre make this track COOK-anotherof the discs strongest tracks. For the tech minded listener, Nobby has used a tasty palette of ambienteffects to subtly color the vocal landscape; carefully used and not abusedmaking the vocals fresh and interesting yet uncluttered. Other hot tracks include"Blues Is A Lady", a chicago style piece withTim on a tasty, laid back harmonica as well as bass."Powerful Thing" a totalrave-up."JB" a strong tribute to the fabulous Jeff Beck,and a personalfavorite of mine."Follow Your Heart" mixed very tightly so the Project comesoff as the precision unit it truly is. Closing out"Moonlight Drivin" is a 10 minute epic"Worried Man". Thistrack is sure to be a new"live" favorite of NRP fans. The only thing missing from this package at press time are liner notesto go with the beautiful cover photograhy by Nobby's daughter Angela andNobby himself. A truly worthy addition to the Nobby Reed Project canon of albums. reveiwer; LyleGlidden,producer,engineer@ Split Rock Audio Production. Plattsburgh,NY