Etta James - Matriarch of the Blues
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Artist: Etta JamesEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2000-12-12
Music Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Soundtracks:
- Gotta Serve Somebody
- Don't Let My Baby Ride
- Rhymes
- Try A Little Tenderness
- Miss You
- Hawg For Ya
- You're Gonna Make Me Cry
- Walking The Back Streets
- Let's Straighten It Out
- Born On The Bayou
- Come Back Baby
- Hound Dog
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Music Review: ~Raw & riveting~Bravo Etta James!!!
Rating: 5 Stars
Opening strong with killer version of Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody", clearly legendary diva Etta James is in peak form in a sublime musical setting lead by her two very capable boys Donto & Sametto who are stellar musicians...it is clear where all this wondrous talent & energy come from.
Original "Queen Of Soul" Etta James has been a powerful force in the industry since the fifties and seeing this legendary wonder in concert has long been a thrilling experience...sold-out 2007 LA concert showed this amazing lady the ultimate survivor and no doubt Etta is once again in greater than ever form! Bob Dylan still must be going back like I have since the release of "Matriarch" to experience his masterwork given what is clearly a definitive sublime and oh so funky reading of "Gotta Serve Somebody" that could only come from Etta! "Don't Let My Baby Ride" is a funky masterwork with a nice edgy quality that simmers & cooks with horns & guitars that perfectly frame a masterful vocal that is loose and gritty. Al Green songs are always inspired and hard to top in Etta's hands and "Rhymes" is no exception as this is a exceptional mega-treat from start to finish...Otis & Etta always have been a winning combo and "Try A Little Tenderness" is deep & supremely soulful...Jagger/Richards "Missing You" is definitive and the composers must have been blown away by this wildly funky & thrilling version that is one to play over and over being completely over the top great! Another Otis classic "Hawg For Ya" is a soul-deep performance that would have made Otis proud as Etta has the special ability to bring depth to the late & great Otis compositions in a way nobody else comes close to and it would be a treat for Etta to do a tribute collection honoring this legendary master. Deep blues starts with two magnificent stunners and "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" & "Walking The Back Streets" are two of the greatest blues performances recorded & captured in a studio recording in recent years...everything is perfection about these two great tracks and get the repeat mode ready as there is nothing that compares to these awesome performances for lovers of classic blues as Etta "nails" each great song and burns the tracks till they smoke...BRAVO ETTA & CO.!!! "Walking The Back Streets" is a blues anthem that has got to be one of the greatest ever blues performances...BRAVO ETTA for this awesome performance and to Donto & Sametto for amazing support that you both give mom...blues anthems are intense & inspired!
Etta continues with great performances and "Let's Straighten It Out" is loose & funky in a way that only Etta could achieve...legendary artist at the top of her game & Fogerty must have been jazzed when he heard this swampy classic version of "Born On The Bayou"...Uncle Ray had to be thrilled when he heard this cooker version of "Come Back Baby" and the legendary Leiber/Stoller duo must have been thrilled with Etta's very authentic sounding "Hound Dog".
Nobody has come close over the past fifty years to what this legend has accomplished in concerts & recordings and from all true music lovers over the years a big THANK YOU ETTA JAMES and keep on rocking!!!
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