Busted Broken & Blue

'A blistering follow up to The Boogie Worm. Busted Broken and Blue deserves to regarded as a 2010 blues obelisk'.... Rock'n'Reel R2 Magazine 'This band give one heck of an example of how to make a stonking album. Brilliant music.'..... Maverick Magazine This record reflects our diverse influences. From the trashy Blues and Hip-Hop of Maxwell st, when the ghosts of blues legends past get together for one last jam, to the Freddy King inspired rockin blues of Never Saw the Devil. Waiting at the Station, a real foot stompin blues, has something from Larry Graham and Sly and the Family Stone about it. Low-down sweet n dirty has a soulful Gospel vibe that harks back to the great Al Green. Who knows what we were thinking when we recorded Live My Life to Sing the Blues? With it's gospel chorus and Godzilla bass-line - it's when Pesos go bad! In contrast Still in love is a rootsy acoustic ballad - double bass and Dobros. Next stop, Busted Broken and Blue, a Jump Jive epic, with a taste of Brian Setzer. Day Becomes Night is another blues with that 24Pesos twist and soulful groove. And last but not least, Neckbones and Gumbo, a New Orleans romp espousing the virtues of the more ample female form. Turn it up and enjoy REVIEWS MUSIC-NEWS.

COM 24 Pesos Busted Broken And Blue added: 22 Jul 2010 // release date: 19 Jul 2010 // label: Ourgate reviewer: Andy Snipper 24 Pesos - Busted Broken And Blue - Email this album review Printable version Great stuff - big, rollicking Blues and just a touch of Mexicali magic - 24 Pesos are on the rise and this album demonstrates why. It also makes a big statement about the quality of the Blues in Britain today - healthy, very. All the songs on this album are originals but there is a history lesson in just about every track. They touch on so many influences - no surprises for acknowledging Freddie King and Howlin Wolf as influences but not too many can get the funk feel of the Meters or the dirty raunch and nastiness of James Brown into their sound without outright copying and these guys really can - hell, they even get some Louis Jourdan swing in on the title number. Underpinning the guitars and some gorgeous Dobro slide is what sounds like a genuine Hammond B3 and those rolling chords give the sound a fat and rich tone that most bands don't get near to. You can hear the live sound of the band and I would hazard a guess that they are a brilliant live act but the production is very tasty and it avoids squashing the life out of the band. Favorite tracks are probably the opener, 'Maxwell Street'; 'In The Summertime', a rap over a slide and harmonica groove-tune; the closer 'Neckbone And Gumbo' with a real N'Orleans Meters/Allen Toussaint funk to it and the title track - a real piece of rock 'n' roll sass. This isn't saying anything that hasn't been said before but they sound as though they are having a great time making the music they love and the end result is on of the best Saturday night albums of the year. 4 stars BLUESINTTHENORTHWEST.

COM 24PESOS Busted Broken And Blue (OurGate Records) Here's a great album from four-piece London band, 24Pesos - 11 tracks that straddle many genres - a heady mix of blues, funk and soul, with a touch of hip-hop thrown in - all-in-all a very modern blues album, with some 'old school' influences on board, and all self-penned by Julian Burdock, who features on vocals, guitar and harmonica. The rest of the band comprise of Silas Maitland (bass) - who produced the album - with Moz Gamble (organ and backing vocals) and Mike Connolly (drums), together they draw on the funk and soul influences of Al Green, Larry Graham and Sly Stone, the blues of the likes of Freddie King, with the modern flavours of Beck, The Fun Loving Criminals and G Love & Special Sauce! The opening Maxwell Street lays down the template for the album - a possibly sampled spoken word intro, some dynamite slide guitar from Burdock and tasteful organ from Moz Gamble and some funky goings-on from the rhythm section; the following Never Saw The Devil again rides on a fine groove with Gamble's keyboards to