V.I.H. IV: ...The Mission Continues

V.I.H. IV: ...The Mission Continues is the first CD featuring the new lineup of band members and is also the first acoustic CD from the band. Members of The Victory In Heaven Band are: Larry Adam (acoustic guitar, vocals), Larry Baudoin (percussion, vocals), Katie Koch (bass, vocals), Sterling Koch (acoustic guitar, vocals). The acoustic CD was inspired in part by the many smaller, coffeehouse gigs the band has been doing. Fans have asked for a CD of acoustic music and the band is only too happy to oblige. From the opening, rocking cover of Canned Heat's "Let's Work Together" through traditional Gospel/blues tunes like "Goin' Over The Hill" and "Let It Shine" the band covers a wide variety of acoustic blues music styles. Traditional tunes by Muddy Waters, Mississippi Fred McDowell and Reverend Gary Davis sit comfortably alongside V.I.H. originals like "Kiss The Blues Goodbye" and "Take Me Home". The CD has an 'old school' blues feel from the front cover (designed by Lisa DeLay) to the recording production( from guitarist Sterling Koch) which gives the CD a feel of contemporary blues CDs like Eric Clapton's "Me and Mr. Johnson", keeping one foot in the traditional blues style with the other foot in the contemporary digitial era.