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【A strike from 24-year-old hotshot Mathias Lattin! The night of the drop for "Cadillac Assembly Line," the new single from Kingfish's new label】 Sipping cheap bourbon late at night while tuning my ear to a distorted guitar tone. This is my humble slice of happiness, but tonight, I nearly dropped my glass. It was so shocking that the cat curled up in my lap bolted upright and scrambled straight up the curtains. Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, the young emperor of the current blues scene and Grammy-winning guitarist. The new label he launched in partnership with Exceleration Music, Red Zero Records, has just unleashed an absolute monster as their very first act. His name is Mathias Lattin. And believe it or not, he's only 24. When I was 24, my only memories are falling behind on studio equipment payments and throwing out my back while hauling a senior musician's amp, slapped with a pain-relief patch. Yet this young guy has already shared the stage and held his own with battle-tested legends like Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan, Eric Gales, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Samantha Fish, and even Joe Bonamassa. His resume is so stacked it made me instinctively reach for the antacids. …