Aqua Blue Vinyl limited to 300 copies. As undeniably powerful durable and straight-shooting as Motorhead's Lemmy Kilminster Spirit Caravan's inveterate founder and leader Scott Wino Weinrich is an absolute rock lifer. Following on the heels of the band's debut Jug Fulla Sun Dreamwheel is a Spartan-sounding five-song EP the perfect compliment to the dense doom-laden psychedelia of the full-length. In fact Dreamwheel's greatest strength is the breathing space between notes provided by the rock solid rhythm section of drummer Gary Isom and bassist Dave Sherman. Such rhythmic austerity -- the kind championed by the effort of bands like Free Bad Company Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad -- allows Wino's compelling soulful baritone voice and sizzling Hawkwind-esque leads to truly sing out. As the voice behind St. Vitus and the Obsessed Wino helped formulate and configure the shape of modern stoner rock and doom metal. Spirit Caravan as evidenced by this brilliant relaxed gem of an EP is perhaps his most able vessel. Each song burns with analog warmth intensity and brightness. Though it took nearly a decade for Wino to receive his overdue appreciation as an artist the late '90s and early part of the new millennium have seen his stock soar even if not financially. - All music