Ever Felt the Pain? Sounds like a wild, free-flowing late night country hoedown in 1928 in the back of the hoochie coochie show tent, after all the townies have gone home. The country string band and the black Vaudeville players stayed late, letting loose, drawn by moonshine and leftover roasted pork, and the desire to see Eden Brower sing, dance and play the ukulele. They gathered around the goateed Heneghan with their instruments and the bandleader/singer amazes all with his guitar string virtuosity. Everybody gets down, sometimes harmoniously, other times a bit discordantly, but always with sheer fun. Heneghan and his lot of lawless songsters sound like they just raided the treasure drove of long forgotten 78s, but all are his originals and that is a musical joy in our modern day. Standout country blues are Rattlesnake Blues, M&O Blues, Love My Stuff, Ride Away (with a tip of the hat to John Hurt) and Woke Up Blind, with Heneghan on nine-string guitar. Ever Felt the Pain? Is a perfect antidote to the ordinary. It really doesn’t hurt but will sting a little. &emdash;Frank Matheis Living Blues Magazine #246