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Music CD - Etta James: Matriarch of the Blues
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Music CD: Matriarch of the Blues
Artist: Etta James
List Price: $12.98
Our Price: $3.13
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Manufacturer: Sony Bmg Europe
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1. Gotta Serve Somebody - Etta James, Dylan, Bob
2. Don't Let My Baby Ride - Etta James, Malone, Deadric
3. Rhymes - Etta James, Green, Al
4. Try a Little Tenderness - Etta James, Campbell, Jimmy [Vo
5. Miss You - Etta James, Jagger, Mick
6. Hawg For Ya - Etta James, Redding, Otis
7. You're Gonna Make Me Cry - Etta James, Malone, Deadric
8. Walking The Back Streets - Etta James, Jones, Sandy Jr
9. Let's Straighten It Out - Etta James, Lattimore, Benny W.
10. Born on the Bayou - Etta James, Fogerty, John
11. Come Back Baby - Etta James, Charles, Ray
12. Hound Dog - Etta James, Leiber, Jerry
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0010058220527
Format: Import
Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Manufacturer: Sony Bmg Europe
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony Bmg Europe
Release Date: 2000-12-12
Studio: Sony Bmg Europe
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Customer Rating:
Summary: This is The Real Deal
Comment: This is Etta James at her best. If you like the blues, you will love this CD.
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Summary: RAW & RIVETING VOCALS~BRAVO ETTA JAMES!!!
Comment: Opening strong with Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody", it is clear that the legendary diva Etta James is in peak form in a great musical setting lead by her two very capable boys Donto & Sametto who are stellar musicians and it is clear where all of this wondrous talent & energy came from...Mama 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...a sold-out 2007 LA concert showed that this amazing lady is the ultimate survivor and it is no doubt that 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 being given what is clearly a definitive sublime and oh so funky reading that could have 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 & 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 and over as this wildly funky version is stunning and over the top great and one of Etta's greatest ever performances...another Otis classic "Hawg For Ya" is given 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 that nobody else comes close to and it would be a great treat if Etta would do a tribute collection to 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 that have been recorded & captured in a studio recording in recent years...everything is perfect about these two great tracks and get that repeat mode ready as there is nothing that compares to these awesome performances for any lovers of classic blues as Etta "nails" each and burns the tracks till they smoke...BRAVO ETTA & CO.!!! "Walking The Back Streets" is a blues athem that has got to be one of the greatest ever blues performances...BRAVO ETTA for this awesome performance and to Donto & Sametto for the amazing support that you both give to your mom...these blues athems are truly intense & inspired!
Etta continues with her great performances and "Let's Straighten It Out" is funky and soulful in a way that only Etta could achieve...a 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"...you know Uncle Ray was thrilled when he heard this cooker of a version of "Come Back Baby" and the legendary Leiber/Stoller duo must have been thrilled when they heard Etta's very authentic sounding "Hound Dog".
Nobody has come close over the past fifty years to what this legend has accomplished in her concerts or recorded career and for all of us true music lovers over the years...THANK YOU ETTA JAMES and keep on rocking!!!
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Summary: The Voice Done Gone
Comment: It's time for Etta to hang it up. Period.This CD is painfully embarassing. The voice done gone. I had looked forward to hearing the several notable covers, but Etta doesn't appear to have looked forward to singing them. Most are marked by minimal effort. Uncreative, uninvolved, uninspired ... Etta uncharacteristically limps through the tunes, as if someone off-mike was forcing her through them. I consider this purchase a complete waste of money, and listening to it an equally complete waste of time.
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Summary: powerful good
Comment: Until buying this CD I rated Live in San Francisco as easily her best but this, Praise the Lord!!, is a total mindf*#k. This is righteous powerful stuff: funk in overdrive--turbocharged blues--funkified rock!!
The sound alone grabs you and slams you against your living room feature wall if you play it loud which I believe you must. It's clean and strong and goes right through you. (Even on my little NHT superzero speakers which aren't supposed to have any bass response - so where did all that incredibly powerful tight bass come from ??) It sounds more live than a "live" album.
Etta puts all of her personality into each song expressing more power and authority than I've ever heard from her. Fantastic!
Customer Rating:
Summary: You gotta respect somebody
Comment: For the people who ... their only perception of singers are teenage girls with lollipops hanging out their mouth,overweight and 63-years old Etta James must seems like insult.For us who are real believers in good music,her return to blues (after several surprisingly uninspired albums of jazz covers) is a welcome change and hope that she would follow her intuition next time around.From the first few seconds is audible that her heart is in blues and she is in total control of wide range of emotions on the album,spreading them around like a magiacian.While Aretha half-heartedly grooves with new R&B sound,Etta is doing what she is doing best and makes this old songs sounds like new.How many 63-year old singers can you name,who will turn Rolling Stones disco into slow,sexy blues or squeeze gentle bossa nova "Let's straighten this out" between gospel Dylan and rocking John Fogerty,sing heartbreaking blues "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" or cover of Al Green song AND end it all with a joyful,happy "Hound Dog" in which she is actually barking (you can imagine her in studio!)? Not just because of her famous past,but because her present is so decidedly uncompromising,I love and respect Etta James.(Please stop this "diva" thing - its overused expression,reserved for a every new big-haired top-charter and the word does not describe Etta James who is recording since 1955.)
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Editorial Reviews:
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The mark of great singers is their ability to turn a trifling song into an emotional masterwork. R&B legend Etta James has done it live for nearly 20 years with Kiki Dee's "Sugar on the Floor" and a few others. But what's really sublime is hearing James sink her teeth into numbers that stand up to her own greatest work--"At Last" and the other Chess hits that built her reputation. James ignites such sparks all over this new disc of mostly well-chosen covers, wrapping her deep, supple, and saucy pipes around Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" and "Hawg for You"; replacing Mick Jagger's flippancy with real heart on the Rolling Stones' "Miss You"; putting the gospel fire into Bob Dylan's "You Got to Serve Somebody"; and digging down 'n' dirty into O.V. Wright's "Don't Let My Baby Ride." The straight-ahead arrangements and undistinguished playing leave James to carry the album herself, but at 62, she's still a fireball and more than up to the task. --Ted Drozdowski
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