Album Notes

Brazos Brothers Band
“CHUMP CHANGE”
©2007 Reload Records
Review by Lucky Boyd

This album is fun like a live show. That’s hard to do, but BBB has done it. The rock and blues influences keep your toes tapping throughout. Earl Musick (MTM member) recorded this sophomore effort from BBB and captured the fun-loving quartet doing what they do best. Looking for slick, over-compressed, Nashville tripe? You won’t find it here. Just honest, all out playing and singing. There’s no denying that this band will give you a great live show, and this disc captures their sound nicely. There’s some excellent guitar work on this release, mostly because of the intonation that gives you a live feel. Also appearing are old friends, Mark Merritt and Darlina Musick. Funky gets redefined on the title cut, which opens with a motivating bass line. Arguably the best cut is “Johnny Was A Sailor” as it tells a great story and is well written, structured, arranged and performed. The 2007 configuration of BBB is Rocky Randall, Jack Stephenson, Gene Scott, and A. Steve Hardin. This album is a step up from their debut release, but still contains the feeling and passion that always is BBB