295:, was issued in 2000, again on Delmark. This time Wheeler wrote all of the numbers and the personnel remained similar, although Ron Sorin replaced Golden "Big" Wheeler on harmonica. Wheeler stated about his song writing ethos, "I've been writing since '75... Most of the songs I write have a comedy feel to it. I make a little story line then you can look at it and see the picture. I go from the beginning, to the middle, to the end. I set it up so you can tell the rest of the story. On a lot of them I be crackin' up myself, but there's a little bit of truth in all of it."
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