The posthumously released all-star benefit album, , brings together reworked and previously unreleased versions of songs the guitarist recorded prior to being diagnosed with the rare brain disease progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) in 2014. A debilitating condition, PSP robbed of his eyesight and left the adept, genre-bending blues and jazz musician unable to play his guitar. Tragically, complications from the disease also led to his death in January 2015. Prior to his passing, however, several of 's longtime friends and collaborators, including trumpeter , music executive , and producer/engineer , assisted in compiling these tracks. then handpicked many of his favorite artists to add their own contemporary style to the recordings and create something fresh. Although many of the songs on , such as "Funky Is as Funky Does," off 1994's and "Groanin'," off 1999's , will be familiar to 's longtime fans, these are not the same tracks featured on the original albums. On the contrary, these are alternate versions reworked with newly recorded additions from such artists as , , and others. Released on the heels of a live benefit concert held in New York City to raise funds to pay for 's expenses, proceeds from sales of also go to 's family. Ultimately, works as both a farewell from and a soulful, uplifting tribute to his musical gifts. ~ Matt Collar