used his alter ego, , to explore his love of classics, and the songs here certainly qualify, be it the venerable or or a run through the 's hit tune. The real problem -- if it really is one -- is that everything here gets treated the same. So gets the same blithe rendering as with the band banging away, albeit in very musical fashion, without much subtlety or thought about the lyrics. While that works very well on 's wonderful it's less successful elsewhere, as with It's as if, though 's heart is in the right place and his ability is beyond question, his taste abandoned him during the making of the disc, and the (uncredited) sidemen just do what they're told. So, while none of that stops this being a pleasant listening experience, it can't be anything more. doesn't have the greatest voice, an acquired taste, although happily he keeps it at its least grating, but all the parts contribute to a whole that's never more than background music for the evening rush at a truck stop. ~ Chris Nickson