DOWNHOME: AT THE CROSS CD Out Now!

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"Their eclectic backgrounds and life experiences ... have certainly endowed them with the soul required to convincingly convey the low down, gutsy rhythm and blues that is their specialty. Downhome - At The Cross is a moving, earthy album." - Jasmine Crittenden - THE DRUM MEDIA

"For blues afficionados seeking something out of the ordinary, this CD is highly recommended ... This handsomely packaged album displays the wide range of influences at work in the band, the music performed by mature players with imagination and conviction. There's a funky kind of poetry." - Ron King - FOREDAY RIDERS

"The playing on this album is superb...it's all terrific." - Gary de Wall - SYDNEY BLUES SOCIETY

"The Downhome Quartet have recorded a cracking collection of downhome renditions of some of our favourite blues tunes plus interestingly left field treatments of well-known standards such as’The Saints’, ‘Amazing grace’, and ‘Just a closer walk with Thee.’ There’s some top drawer harmonica, sax and guitar solos from Bruce Bongers and Harvey Fisk and the CD features the slide guitar of Peter Doyle, who is arguably the most distinctive, exciting slide guitar player in Australia today." - Reg Mombassa

"DOWNHOME - AT THE CROSS - is a killer title. This is down home blues with a touch of gospel but the quartet and guests have given their work a local identity. A punchy rhythm section provides exactly the right foundation for Dr Doyle's sterling slide guitar and Mr Bonger's vocals, harp and sax. All tracks are solid but this version of Sleepwalk knocked me for six. Recommended for those with both ears." - J Skelton Knagges