構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:47:53

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.

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)