On “No Boundaries”, Steve Lott, who also co-produced the record with Johnny and co-authored a few songs with main penman and bassist Bob Trenchard, handles the guitar chores nicely. Also on the recording session are Dan Ferguson; keyboards, Andy Roman; saxophones and drummers J.T. Paz and Ritchie Puga. Add to the band some beautiful background vocals by Reba Russell and Jackie Johnson and I’m ready for another listen.

“Show Me The Way” starts off the album and it demonstrates Johnny’s raspy voice and has a cutting sax solo from Andy. I really like Bob’s lyrics on the up-tempo “Train Keep Rolling”, a Blues tune that features Steve’s guitar. The mood slows down a bit on the eaningful “Keep The Faith”. Johnny sings up a strong message of a life that isn’t fair in “I Won’t Give Up”. Another great Blues song is now hittin’ me and I can understand why I “Never Found A Smoking Gun”. In the ballad “Fallen Bird’ Johnny tells a sad story. In the next track you may be fast, you may be rich, but you won’t get to heaven in a “Long Black Car”. More truth is pointed out in “Nothing Lasts Forever”. The broken heart sorrow can be felt in the final song, “Even Though You’re In Heaven”.
Original songs, excellent musicians, the Blues, a lot of Soul, mix them together with “No Boundaries” and the result is a record for any fan of good music.

Now one final thought from me, “Hear Johnny Rawls once; you’ll never forget what you heard!” More about Johnny Rawls and his recordings can be found at his website: www.johnnyrawls.net. 5 Bottles.