Let It Slide

Sterling Koch returns with a new album 'Let It Slide,' the follow up to his very successful 2011 release 'Slide Ruler.' 'Let It Slide' includes 13 songs, 8 originals and 5 covers, of varying blues and blues/rock styles. The cover songs include songs by Elmore James, Doyle Bramhall (I and II) and Rick Vito (Fleetwood Mac) as well as the single 'Mercury Blues' by K.C. Douglas. 'Let It Slide' features Gene Babula on bass and John Goba on drums taking over for Tommy Shannon (Double Trouble) and Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers) from the 'Slide Ruler' album. Sterling only began to play the lap steel in 2004 as the result of a neck injury, a herniated disk. He had previously played the conventional 6 string guitar for 35 years. Sterling specializes in playing slide guitar blues on the lap steel guitar and is widely acclaimed as one of the foremost propnents of the lap steel guitar. He has previously released 4 solo CDs of steel guitar blues music, 'Slide Ruler,' 'Steel Guitar Blues, 'Steelin' Home' and 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation.'