Reviewer/ Mick Rainsford for
Blueprint (the official magazine for the British Blues Connection)

If your tastes encompass Johnny Winter and Stevie Ray Vaughn then "I Can Stand A Little Rain" by Richard Norton is going to fit nicely into your particular blues bag, as he echoes Stevie's style on the title track, and flows with beautifully understated guitar on the low key blues of "My Old Pal (The Blues)'" which also pays tribute to Albert King, both in the guitar style and the songs resemblance to "As the Years go Passing By".

"Welcome To The Real World" "My Wicked Ways" and "I'm Guilty" would all sit easily on any Johnny Winter record, being intense performances liberally laced with with cutting slide, while the funky "Watch Your Step" exhibits a distinctive Hendrix feel. To round things out, Norton proves he is not confined to the blues/rock idiom with two fine acoustic performances, using his slide on "Tombstone Sunset"and picking in the traditional style on "Pay Day Rag."