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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Etta James |
| Record Label: |
RCA Victor Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
R&B |
| Subgenre: |
Soul |
| Release Date: |
June 08, 2004 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Got My Mojo Working
2. Don't Start Me to Talking
3. Hush Hush
4. Lil' Red Rooster
5. That's Alright
6. Crawlin' Kingsize
7. Dust My Broom
8. Sky Is Crying
9. Smokestack Lightnin'
10. You Shook Me
11. Driving Wheel
12. Honey, Don't Tear My Clothes |
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| Details: |
Personnel include: Etta James (vocals); Brian Ray (guitar, slide guitar); Josh Sklair, Bobby Murray (guitar); John "Juke" Logan (harmonica); Mike Finnegan (piano); Sametto James (bass guitar); Donto James (drums). Liner Note Author: Lithoyfayne Pridgon. Duke Ellington spoke of certain things being "beyond category"--such a description suits singer Etta James. Since the 1950s, James has helped to set trends and adapted to them, applying her deep, dignified voice to jazz, blues, Southern soul, and pop balladry. BLUES TO THE BONE is James's tribute to the blues, and it takes on well-worn genre standards and gives them a veritable new lease on life. James alternates between acoustic and electric renditions--"Lil' Red Rooster" becomes a country-tinged lamentation, and "Smokestack Lightnin'" gets a rare bare-bones treatment, just voice and acoustic guitar. "Got My Mojo Working" is a chugging, loping hunk of bravado, and "The Sky Is Crying" sounds like a storm about to break, James' voice the virtual definition... |
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