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"Ron Hunter owns a voice that gives people chills. It's the kind of voice that carries warmth and tenderness, a voice that is unmistakably his own and embodies everything that's raw, pure and beautiful about the blues." -Carla Kucinski, GoTriad Editor

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In this album, Hunter's light-toned mewl seems to straddle the line between his natural upper range and an effortless falsetto (think of a pop-style Skip James minus the existential terror), and his lyrics manage to be both deeply personal and universally themed. On the McCartney-esque "Play Your Cards Right" he intersperses feel-good bromides (“spread love all in my heart/ ‘til it’s time to part”) with vivid reminiscences of a downhome childhood. "Not Gonna Stress Myself" and "Through My Eyes" (the latter featuring pianist Dave Keys laying down patters that would sound appropriate on an early-era Billy Joel outing) find him offering unpretentious, almost ingenuous-sounding life lessons, sounding more like a youthful new-folk troubadour than a 55-plus-year-old self-styled bluesman. -David Whiteis, Living Blues

The Great Unknown proves Hunter's mastery of the blues and folk niches. He is a fierce guitar player and a soulful bluesman. Please check out Hunter's first Music Maker Release.

Track Listing: 1/Going for Myself 2/Hard Times 3/Know the Truth 4/I Can Make You Feel Like Running 5/Singing the Blues 6/Not Gonna Stress Myself 7/Play Your Cards Right 8/Hey Lady 9/Keep on Talking Baby 10/How Lucky Can One Man Be 11/Make that Guitar Talk 12/Through My Eyes