The Budos Band, USA-New York


Jazz funk; Heavy psych

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Brooklyn's finest returns with their 5th album. Not as heavy as the prior Burnt Offerings, more of a Led Zeppelin type tone this time. Otherwise there's no mistaking this for anyone other than Budos Band. Big fat horn charts and funky rhythms. Every track is excellent. Nothing extraordinary though, and it seems the band may have hit the point of diminishing returns.

---8/4/19

Burnt Offering (2014)

I guess we first need to clear something up to set the proper expectations: There's no doom metal here. It's not like an instrumental Candlemass with a horn section (which, believe me, captured my imagination wildly - and I do hope someone actually does just that some day!). I don't think anyone is trying to mislead however. The guitar tone in question is a very heavy psychedelic fuzz circa 1969/70. Well, Yeaaa, that works for me too! I think Budos Band got the message that III sounded like a rewrite of II and perhaps it was time for something different. And they came through with Burnt Offering (someone digging into their Iced Earth collection were they?) - which can only be considered a rousing success. Still, there's no mistaking those horn compositions. Budos Band will always sound like the coolest house band at some "Egyptian Lounge" on Van Ness Avenue circa 1962. That's their trademark. But now they've added some fuzz guitar to those creaky organs and funky horn charts. I like it. Great band. Can't wait to hear what they come up with next. Epicus Doomicus Hornicus?

---6/6/15

The Budos Band (2005)

This is a recent thrift shop find. Not the kind of thing one finds at the thrifts, and unfortunately there were no other CDs like it in this collection. Interestingly enough I have all the Budos Band CDs except this first album. I figured it would be similar to the others, since they all have the same kind of music (allowing for hard rock guitar later in the career). And I was right. This has their patented instrumental horn funk sound that they continued to perfect. Still, as a debut, this lays the foundation quite well. A definitely keeper, especially considering the cool retro volcano digipak cover. Not sure I need all five albums by BB, thinking maybe the 3rd and 5th are a bit superfluous. I'll kick that can down the road for now.

---4/9/22

Other albums heard: The Budos Band II (2007); The Budos Band III (2010)

3/6/19 (new entry)

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