Yea there is so much good music that flies under the radar that you shouldn’t kick yourself for what you missed just enjoy it when you hear it.
Was stunned, and been listening to this quite often....
I will try and make my long story short. I am locally selling much of my gear, and I set up an appointment with a guy to come listen to a pair of self modified Klipsch Heresy Series 2, I advertised on CL ( like so much of my gear, I no longer listened to ). He was not familiar with Klipsch, other than what he had read, and after our phone conversation, he became excited about the audition. The playback system I used was a self modified Soundcraftsmen amp ( 200wpc), driven by a self modified Magnavox cd player, feeding a Douk Audio 1 in 1 out passive attenuator ( an ALPS 27 blue, at 10K ohms)....... This guy brings 1 cd to use for his audition, as I had suggested to him, to bring recordings he enjoys. Being familiar with the works of the artist ( at least I thought I was ), he asked me to play track 1, and if I can please turn up the volume. I placed the disc in the tray and pushed close, stepped back to the listening area ( not my main listening room/ system ), and we were ready ( Mag player automatically goes into play when loaded). What I heard, blew me away....in so many ways. 1st track, "Tail Dragger ", was a song I had never heard ( nor the cd George Thorogood and the Destroyers, " The Dirty Dozen " which was introduced in 2009 ( his 14th studio album ). WOW, was all I could say.......helped load the speakers for the guy ( I almost changed my mind on selling them after the playing of this song, and he got an awesome deal ). After he left, I ordered my copy of The Dirty Dozen. I am telling you, my head must have been buried in the sand during that year, for me not to have heard of this. 11 weeks on the billboard blues charts, and made it to # 1. What a band !; What virtuoso playing ! What melodies, music and song writing ! Nicely produced as well. If you have not heard it, check it out ( available for streaming ).