Dayton plucked eight originals from a constellation of solid songs, added tunes by Hayes Carll and blues legend Memphis Minnie, and gave each the star treatment. The result is a disc that sparkles with songwriting clarity and vocal purity.

    Dayton's eclectic production style shines, with everything from boogie-woogie piano on "Better Than I Used to Be," to the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-like guitar intro on "Back My Way," and the powerful George Harrison-esque slide guitar crescendo on the title track.

    The disc reveals Sara's songwriting range to be equally diverse, with crossover friendly tracks "Motel Key" (co-written with Heather Morgan) and "Call My Name" cozied up to straight-up honky-tonker "Lord Help My Soul" and the sultry tear-jerking waltz, "Lonely Like Me."

    The closing track is a back-and-forth duo of Memphis Minnie's ragtime blues ditty "Ain't No Use Tryin' to Tell on Me" that punctuates what the rest of the album already proves: Hamilton and Dayton are a musical match made in the heavens.

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