Glad to have you all here at the ZOO! My hat is off to Eric for entertaining our troops around the world through the U.S.O. tours! I'm retired Air Force, so I know what it means to have great entertainers such as yourselves to visit the troops, especially overseas. I salute you! Chris (Zoo Key Master)

Wsup guys! Kpn it real i see. All the very best as you work on your second cd. Jwentzien, im doin jus great. Workin on a second cd as well. Have u listened to the title track of my album 'OUTSIDE MY WINDOW'? You said u wanted to hia my music, well theas part of it!

You all are hot!!!! Great sound!! Can you make it down to Austin,TX for a show at Stubb's BBQ? Definitely love the sound. I drive an hour to work....your there now. Bob

What we have here is a very young band, even their press-infosheet that comes with the cd in a plain white paper cover is veryshort. "Thanks for your interest. We have been together for one year and are already working on our second cd. All of the songs are original compositions. Thanks again." Believe it or not, but thats the way we like it. Let the music speak for itself.! No long mysterious info that tells you nothing, no pages full of coming and going musicians (not a good sign anyway) or pages full of names with the headliners of festivals on which they were the opening act at ten in the morning, while the public was limited to the stage crew and the soundman. No, nothing of this, no nonsense, listen to our music please and tell us what you think. Well, guys (Full line-up mentioned in original) for a debut it's not bad at all ! The sound these four men from Fort Madison,Iowa bring us is funky and special. This is not your average 12-bar bluesband playing only the usual well know traditionals. No, as they already mentioned themselves, all own material and with an original "Smokin Mojo" signature. When I heard the first song:"Shut Yo Yap",and not having looked at the infosheet yet, I presumed that at least the 2 vocalists were black, because it sounded so funky and real. In this song they are argueing a bit and their "rap" sounded so authentic and black. But no, when I looked at the press sheet, I saw four caucasians, well, thats not the way they sounded. Most of the songs have a real funky bluesfeel, with guitarplayer Dennis and Jim's harp up front. A very thight rhythm section (John Wentzien /bass & Eric Bartholomew/drums) puts down a strong funky beat for them over which they can play their solos. Especially in "Blues Gutter" the result is teriffic, in my opinion this is the highlight of this cd. One minor remark I have to make, this cd is a little bit short, only 30 minutes for 8 songs, I would be a lot happier if it had taken double the time. Sometimes I'm happy when a cd is only 30 or 40 minutes, and the end comes as a relief, but not this time. So, luckily this 30 minutes are well spent and The Smokin Mojo Kings have given us a nice, but small bussiness-card with this debut. And we don't worry, if we can believe the info (and we do) the second will arrive soon. Can't wait! Ronny Bervoets Rootstime Belgium