Name: Blues To The Bone
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Blues To The Bone

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Album: Blues To The Bone
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Got My Mojo Working	More Info...	0:03
2)	Don't Start Me to Talking	More Info...	0:03
3)	Hush Hush	More Info...	0:03
4)	Lil' Red Rooster	More Info...	0:04
5)	That's Alright	More Info...	0:03
6)	Crawlin' King Snake	More Info...	0:05
7)	Dust My Broom	More Info...	0:03
8)	The Sky Is Crying (Live 1999)	More Info...	0:04
9)	Smokestack Lightnin'	More Info...	0:07
10)	You Shook Me	More Info...	0:04
11)	Driving Wheel	More Info...	0:03
12)	Honey, Don't Tear My Clothes	More Info...	0:03

Album: Blues To The Bone
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Got My Mojo Working	More Info...	0:03
2)	Don't Start Me to Talking	More Info...	0:03
3)	Hush Hush	More Info...	0:03
4)	Lil' Red Rooster	More Info...	0:04
5)	That's Alright	More Info...	0:03
6)	Crawlin' King Snake	More Info...	0:05
7)	Dust My Broom	More Info...	0:03
8)	The Sky Is Crying (Live 1999)	More Info...	0:04
9)	Smokestack Lightnin'	More Info...	0:07
10)	You Shook Me	More Info...	0:04
11)	Driving Wheel	More Info...	0:03
12)	Honey, Don't Tear My Clothes	More Info...	0:03

Tracks

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' Kingsnake

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

Performer Notes

Personnel: Etta James (vocals); Etta James; Brian Ray (guitar, slide guitar); Sametto James (bass guitar); Yoshann Rush, Steve Davis (background vocals); Josh Sklair (guitar, dobro); Bobby Murray (guitar); John "Juke" Logan (harmonica); Mike Finnegan (piano); Donto Metto James (drums, percussion).
Audio Mixer: David Z. .
Liner Note Author: Lithoyfayne Pridgon.
Recording information: Fort Athens Studios, Riverside, CA.
Photographer: Alan Mercer.
Unknown Contributor Role: Judy Werle.
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 of "soulful." Throughout, James sings the blues as one who has lived them, and her accompanists are a lean, mean, well-oiled machine, playing nary an excess note.

Professional Reviews

Mojo (Publisher) (p.110) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[A]s this new album cogently illustrates, the LA-born chanteuse continues to record with an energetic vigour..."