Warning shot

"Mississippi Heat is led by one Pierre LaCocque, a fine harmonica player in the vein of Charlie Musselwhite and Paul Butterfield. LaCocque penned 10 of the songs on Warning Shot played all of the harmonic and produced the recording. Hailing from Chicago, LaCocque came by his abilities honestly, capable of playing every style between Sonny Boy No.1 and Little Walter Jacobs. What Warning Shot is not is a rehash of the poor maligned twelve-bars ad nausem. The styles range from the Elmore James-inflected "Sweet Poison" to gulf humidity of "Come to Mama" and "Recession Blues." The swampy dirge "Evaporated Blues" sung by Michael Dotson contains an overdriven Tony Joe White propelling a modified version of Son House's "Death Letter Blues."".

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"The first thing noticed is his harmonica's tone. The harp is the lead instrument in this band. It's what makes them unique. Although Pierre writes the majority of tunes, others do contribute. Guitarist Michael Dotson wrote three songs. Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith wrote another as did vocalist Inetta Visor. Of the sixteen tracks, only two are covers. Sixteen songs seem to be a bit excessive, but when one hears the whole disc, one will realize there are no filler songs".