Drunk n' Homeless recorded and mastered by Pete Farrugia at Bucket East Studio, Surrey.  The copyright to all recordings is owned by the Breakout Blues. © 2001 Breakout Blues, all rights reserved.  Breakout Blues are: Chad Strentz - Vocals, Guitar Pete Farrugia - Guitar Fox - Bass Paul Atkinson - Drums MP3 is the full album track and is encoded at 128 kbps stereo.  PC users on dial-up should right mouse click on the link and choose "save target as": "Drunk n' Homeless" Realaudio Low-Fi | Hi - Fi "You'll Never Get to Heaven" Realaudio Low-Fi | Hi - Fi "You'll Never Get to Heaven" MP3 - 4.5 Mb's

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Breakout Blues - 'Drunk'n'Homeless'

The band consists of Chad Strentz vcl/gtr; Pete Farrugia gtr; Fox bs; Paul Atkinson dms. There are 14 tracks on offer here including the 3 on their earlier sampler with 10 originals and 4 covers. The style is modern and West Coastish but there are other influences which show up in some numbers.

The CD kicks off with the title track, a song whose storyline I can relate to and which gives us the first of a number of tasty solos from Pete. There's more stinging guitar on the rocker "Yours For Good". Sam Cooke's ballad "Wonderful World" has to be a standout track with just guitar and Chad's vocals which are simply excellent. "Time Will Tell" uses an Elmore type riff, whereas "Living To Work" has a calypso beat, another song I can relate to, the term 'day job' seems to involve all 24 hours these days! Other standouts include the moody "Ten Minutes To Midnight", the slow "Only Getting Second Best" - more excellent vocals here - and the mid-paced "Never Get To Heaven", which features Pete's guitar work. I also liked "When Push Comes To Shove" with its heavy beat, a much tougher number.

The rhythm section lay down a solid foundation for Pete's lead guitar work. Chad's vocals are expressive, particularly on the slower numbers such as "Wonderful World" and "Second Best". As I said in the last review, excellent vocals as expected and tasty guitar work also as expected. Recommended, see this band and buy the CD! Rating: 9.

R. Jim Greaves, Blues In Britain magazine, September 2002.

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