Play 90 second soundbite of 'When The Silence Is Broken' @ 'CD quality'
The Chas Burnett Blues Band is a three-piece with loads of blues and gigging experience both individually and collectively. Together they give a beautifully polished and well rounded performance here with an album of twelve original songs that demonstrate consummate professionalism and well focussed attention to detail. The band comprises Chas Burnett (lead vocals and guitar), Andy Mackechnie (drums and vocals) and Karl Hopffmann (bass and vocals) and together they make it all sound so simple and at times almost too bloody easy! Quite clearly these are well-heeled, well-practiced musicians that have come together, with a shared passion, to form a solid entity that generates a beautifully full and nicely proportioned sound. The songs here are good and strong and the guys play with well considered precision and clarity which results in a wonderfully clear finished sound that allows the listener full access to all the component parts.
My one and only minor criticism would be that the vocals tend to be a little samey and lacking in real blues emotion - things could do with a little bit of 'dirtying up', an injection of blues passion to make the words even more convincing. Apart from that, The Chas Burnett Blues Band sound totally on track and ready to take on all-comers within their chosen field. Certainly, 'Blues It Up' is a very tasty debut album and bodes well for the future of this classy sounding blues combo.
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