Rock should have always been this good, and would be, if Roy Owens Jr. had decided to bless the world this album sooner. The word essential falls short to describe their full body, direct approach to songwriting and musicianship. Blending some of the kinder elements of grit, strut, and other rare, underused idioms, the Roy Owens Jr. Band offers the best elements of the rock ‘n’ roll creed, a truly original voice in a era of vacant duplicates