Pete Alderton demonstrates on "Cover My Blues" with distinct coolness that the blues can express the various nuances of ultimate melancholy like no other music can. This production is characterized by respect for the composer, giving the composition qualities that actually intensify the joy of listening to the music through the artistic interpretation. What Pete Alderton - now a resident of Paderborn, Germany, a man with British and American roots, has put on CD, under the direction of Carsten Mentzel, is blues of the very finest. With his renditions of blues classics, he proves beyond a doubt that he is one of the great voices of contemporary blues.