San Francisco-based blues-rock outfit Ride the Blinds, which features the talents of Chris Guthridge (guitar, lead vocals, harmonica), Bill Cramer (bass), and Nick Cramer (drums), have released two albums on the Klepto label. Both 2004's eponymous debut and 2006's Start Running have earned the group critical acclaim, as well as favorable comparisons to legendary acts like the Faces, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin as well as contemporary classic rock bands like the Black Crowes. ~ James Christopher Monger