Now, I’m sure not many of you are familiar with The Boom Band. They are a selection of some of Britain’s finest blues musicians (including an ex-England cricketer). These include Jon Amor, Marcus Bonfanti, Matt Taylor, Paddy Milner, and Mark Butcher.
This self financed album came out in 2014 and contains ten tunes that the band have worked together playing live. My personal favourites are Diamonds In The Rough a great little tune with a killer swing and groove, Under The Skin a Mark Butcher tune with an R’n’B vibe straight out of the Deep South, and the best track on the album The Claptonesque Favour Bank Shuffle.
It’s a shame that bands like this don’t get picked up by labels, but then again they maybe get more money doing it this way.
7.5/10 from The Grooveman.
