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| ARTIST: |
Etta James
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| ALBUM: |
Matriarch of The Blues |
| LABEL: |
Private Music/Windham Hill |
| RELEASED: |
2000 |
Blues legend Etta James' first release
of the new millennium is a return to the blues, both old
and new.
Etta has never been confined to any
one genre, releasing pop, jazz, country, standards and
even a holiday album. Matriarch of The Blues brings
her back to the genre with which she is most closely associated.
Etta gives a interesting bar-band
treatment to the Rolling Stones "Miss You,"
Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Born on The Bayou"
and Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody." We're not
talking about the cheese-riddled cover band you see at
a frat party...more like the band you'd find grinding
in New Orleans' French Quarter at 2am Saturday morning
during Jazz Fest.
One song of note is "Let's Straighten
It Out," which begins with a flamenco-like guitar
pattern and gently builds to the slow groove of a full
band, including an opposing blues guitar, playing licks
over the original riff.
While not necessarily the first Etta
album you should run out and buy, Matriarch of The
Blues is a fine example of the strength and versatility
of a singing/living legend.
review by Bruce Hartley
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