24 Pesos – Busted, Broken & Blue (Ourgate Records)
Busted, Broken & Blue is the first album from up and coming British blues band, 24 Pesos. It’s an album full of original songs, all written by front man Julian Burdock, and played by a band that has a passion for the blues as well as funk and soul. The opener, Maxwell Street, has acoustic & electric dobro and a strident vocal from Burdock. The band delivers a contemporary blues with an ancient feel. Never Saw The Devil is a chunky song. Funky blues with a fat bass line from Silas Maitland and a full sound with Moz Gamble (organ) and guitar on form. Standing At The Station is bringing the blues into the 21st century. Just dobro, voice from Burdock and hi-hat from Mike Connolly before the full band joins in – top class. In The Summertime flirts with hip-hop in parts but this is still essentially a blues song. One thing that it does have is a great singalong chorus. Lowdown Sweet & Dirty confirms that the Burdock is the mainstay of the band and they could well struggle without him. This is a grinding rocker with rounded edges. Gamble also gets another chance to be in the spotlight.
Live My Life (Just To Sing The Blues) has that hip-hop feel to it again but the fuzzed harp and throbbing bass are the highlights. Mean What I Say is a funky blues and the band manages to capture their energy in the song. However, sometimes Burdock’s vocal just doesn’t go that extra yard to bring the song to its full potential. However, he does maintain his high standards on guitar. Still In Love With My Baby is the obligatory slow one and it’s a Bon Jovi track if I ever heard one. It’s not as good as them but it will have the crowd singing along to it. The eponymous title track comes late on in the album and it is worth waiting on. Burdock lets it all out on this swing blues rocker. Day Becomes Night is a slow blues with sultry night time sounds – all grown up stuff. Neckbones & Gumbo is a bit of a strange title and it is hard to pigeonhole this one. I’m getting hungry listening to it though. As with the rest of the album, it is Burdock on guitar that shines through.
http://www.24pesos.com/
David Blue.
Busted, Broken & Blue is the first album from up and coming British blues band, 24 Pesos. It’s an album full of original songs, all written by front man Julian Burdock, and played by a band that has a passion for the blues as well as funk and soul. The opener, Maxwell Street, has acoustic & electric dobro and a strident vocal from Burdock. The band delivers a contemporary blues with an ancient feel. Never Saw The Devil is a chunky song. Funky blues with a fat bass line from Silas Maitland and a full sound with Moz Gamble (organ) and guitar on form. Standing At The Station is bringing the blues into the 21st century. Just dobro, voice from Burdock and hi-hat from Mike Connolly before the full band joins in – top class. In The Summertime flirts with hip-hop in parts but this is still essentially a blues song. One thing that it does have is a great singalong chorus. Lowdown Sweet & Dirty confirms that the Burdock is the mainstay of the band and they could well struggle without him. This is a grinding rocker with rounded edges. Gamble also gets another chance to be in the spotlight.
Live My Life (Just To Sing The Blues) has that hip-hop feel to it again but the fuzzed harp and throbbing bass are the highlights. Mean What I Say is a funky blues and the band manages to capture their energy in the song. However, sometimes Burdock’s vocal just doesn’t go that extra yard to bring the song to its full potential. However, he does maintain his high standards on guitar. Still In Love With My Baby is the obligatory slow one and it’s a Bon Jovi track if I ever heard one. It’s not as good as them but it will have the crowd singing along to it. The eponymous title track comes late on in the album and it is worth waiting on. Burdock lets it all out on this swing blues rocker. Day Becomes Night is a slow blues with sultry night time sounds – all grown up stuff. Neckbones & Gumbo is a bit of a strange title and it is hard to pigeonhole this one. I’m getting hungry listening to it though. As with the rest of the album, it is Burdock on guitar that shines through.
http://www.24pesos.com/
David Blue.
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