Further In is a rich, soulful, and very sexy album. This is Brown at his most compelling, filled with gritty romanticism, sardonic humor, bluesy melodicism and disarming honesty. The images are built on a base of blues, folk, rock, gospel, and country, played by four superb guitarists: Brown and Dean Magraw on acoustic, Bo Ramsey on electric, and Kelly Joe Phelps on slide.