Blues rocker revs up again

“I think real music and people that are in it for the right reasons will have the ability to have the channels and possibilities open to them, even more so than when things were different.”

Fans with a burning love for Eric Sardinas' fiery music can end their long wait for a new CD from the blues rock slide guitarist. The tattoo-wearing, leather-clad musician released 'Eric Sardinas and Big Motor' on Tuesday, his first new album since 'Black Pearls' from 2003.

Why the long gap?

'We were on the road for three and a half years of 300 nights-a-year touring, and the opportunities to record kind of came and went,' says Sardinas, who will perform Sunday night at Sam's Place.

'It got really crazy there for a while. Things happen for a reason -- and here we are.' Read more