Marc Broussard - Chance Worth Taking

Album: Chance Worth Taking
Size: 139,4 MB
Time: 60:28
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2026
Styles: Blues/Soul
Art: Front

1. You'll Be Sorry (3:23)
2. Trying To Do Right (Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (5:41)
3. I'm Going Home (4:03)
4. No More (Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (5:02)
5. Fever (Feat. Josh Smith) (4:30)
6. Chance Worth Taking (5:30)
7. Let Me Take You Out Tonight (3:34)
8. Sweet Love (4:21)
9. These Walls (5:02)
10. Satisfaction Guaranteed (4:10)
11. Blame (4:29)
12. Whispers (4:37)
13. Laissez Street Parade Intro (Feat. Trombone Shorty) (0:49)
14. Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler (Feat. Trombone Shorty) (5:10)

What is likely to happen when four A-list musical masterminds, with help from other elite musicians, come together to create a piece of artistic beauty? You receive a brilliant recording that is sure to satisfy even the most brutal critics. With that in mind, the way this recording was birthed is amazing in itself. Louisiana-born Marc Broussard’s brand new release, Chance Worth Taking (on KTBA Records), offers fourteen tracks of masterfully done music and is his first venture into creating a total blues project. With bandmates and writing partners like Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith, Calvin Turner, Reese Wynans, and Trombone Shorty (not to mention some other really great support from others), you can see why this album is an almost sure bet for success.

You can also scratch your head about how it came to be. Calvin Turner sent Broussard fifteen instrumental tracks with the idea of creating a total blues album. Broussard then put lyrics to the tracks in three days, and the cuts were polished up in the studio with the others involved in the recording. In the end, Chance Worth Taking was created. Marc Broussard, already known for his soulful R&B-styled vocals, awards, and successes (along with twelve studio albums, three EPs, and one live album), may have very well found a new place to call home, considering his vocal performances on this album. /Moe Moore, Blues Rock Review

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Marc Broussard - S.O.S. 4: Blues For Your Soul

Size: 120.9 MB
Time: 52:01
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2023
Styles: Electric Blues, Blues Soul
Art: Front

01. I've Got To Use My Imagination (5:05)
02. I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water (4:48)
03. That's What Love Will Make You Do (Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (4:05)
04. Cuttin' In (Feat. Roddie Romero) (3:00)
05. Dreamer (4:22)
06. Empire State Express (3:38)
07. Love, The Time Is Now (Feat. Bobby Junior) (3:51)
08. I Asked For Water (Feat. J.J. Grey) (5:00)
09. I Like To Live The Love (Feat. Eric Krasno) (5:18)
10. Locked Up In Jail (Prison Blues) (Feat. Josh Smith) (5:09)
11. Driving Wheel (Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (3:33)
12. When Will I Let Her Go (Feat. Joe Bonamassa) (4:06)

The new set is a wonderful collection of blues and soul gems that will generate money for the Keeping The Blues Alive Foundation to enable youth rehabilitation through music. It’s also a partnership with Miami-based nonprofit Guitars Over Guns, an outstanding group that offers music education and mentorship to young people from vulnerable communities. Bonamassa and Josh Smith co-produced and both also appear on guitar. Other notable guests on these sessions include keyboardist Reese Wynans, guitarists Eric Krasno, Roddie Romero, Bobby Schneck Junior, vocalist JJ Grey, Broussard’s old friend bassist Calvin Turner, and harmonica ace Dennis Gruenling.

S.O.S. 4: Blues For Your Soul is filled with top-shelf covers and interpretations of songs by the likes of Son House, Little Milton, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, and other legends. Each one is great in its own way and channels the belief and beauty inherent in all blues and soul music.

When Broussard knew the record was going to go in a blues direction, he also knew he had to enlist the help of his old pal and blues influencer Joe Bonamassa. “I couldn’t think of a better person than him,” Marc said. “I reached out directly to Joe, and he jumped at it. It was just that easy.” Together, they crafted a knockout album that’s going to light up a lot of speakers and help a lot of people.

From the first notes of the moody intro to the opening cut “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination,” you can tell this record is special. Broussard is a vocalist of uncommon gifts and emotion. Hearing him in front of this strong-arm studio band that includes both Bonamassa and Eric Krasno on lead guitar rocking this Bobby “Blue” Bland number is a spirit-lifting peak experience. You can almost touch the magic that was in the air when this went down. From the vocal mic to the horn section, this one will flip your switch.

Broussard attacks the Lou Rawls-written “I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water” in an uptown, B.B. King style that’s full of life and the pain of it all. His voice and presence are both impressive and expressive and he wrings every little bit out of this tale of heartbreak. Josh Smith shows up to install some prime guitar licks that definitely helps Broussard and friends turn up the heat.

Bonamassa jumps in again on Marc’s cover of Little Milton’s “That’s What Love Will Make You Do.” The groove on this one is heavily funky and everyone playing hits it hard. Broussard is at his best here, giving out soul like Halloween candy, and Bonamassa’s lead lines are sharp and inventive. This is music that gives you know choice but to respond to it.

Broussard gives Son House’s “Empire State Express” a grinding, explosive treatment that’s hard-edged. Its dissonance almost pushes it in White Stripes territory and uninitiated listeners not hip to House may consider it indie rock. It’s one of the finest moments on S.O.S. 4: Blues For Your Soul and really points out the timeless nature of the blues.

Other high-water marks on S.O.S. 4: Blues For Your Soul include John Lee Hooker’s “Locked Up In Jail (Prison Blues)” and the Broussard/Josh Smith/Calvin Turner original ““When Will I Let Her Go” which once again features Joe Bonamassa. Marc Broussard has a winner on his hands with this one and knowing that it’s going to help people who need it gets it an instant gold medal. Buy this record and help make the world a better place.

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