Stray was a band that, pun intended, seemed to go astray every time they came close to breaking big. They had small dribbles of success in various parts of the world over three decades but fame and fortune seemed to elude them. The band is actually back together, and in 2010, released an album on Angel Air records titled Valhalla that is, hands down, the best album they have ever made.

Stray is led by vocalist and guitarist Del Broham. While that band is more straight-ahead hard rock, Del also is a great lover of traditional blues music. In 2004, he recorded, and released, the album Devil’s Highway. When Angel Air brought up the possibility of re-releasing the CD, Broham jumped for joy. While he originally recorded 11 tracks for the release, he never truly felt he had finished the CD. Now, after adding five bonus tracks, he feels the job has been done right. Two of the bonus tracks are the same song, Robert Johnson’s “Ramblin’ On My Mind,” one done acoustically and the other electric.

Del made a hell of an album back in 2004 and he finished it strong in 2011. He penned most of the tunes with the title track, “Train,” Whisky, Wine and Beer,” “House of Love” and “”Slave” being the best of the bunch. “That’s All Right Mama” is a classic blues number included for good measure.