Prick of the Litter

Prick of the Litter

Delbert McClinton’s been turning out his uniquely Texan blend of blues and soul since the early ‘70s, and Prick of the Litter is a perfect distillation of the styles he’s been dealing in for decades. The straight-up blues shuffle of “Don’t Do It” and the smooth, ‘70s-tinged R&B of “Doin’ What You Do” are right in Del’s wheelhouse. But so are the rough-and-ready barroom banger “Skip Chaser,” the gently jazzy “San Miguel,” and the slow-burning “Neva.”