I've Got My Own Hell To Raise

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 00:39:08
Personnel: Bettye LaVette (vocals); Lisa Coleman (piano, Wurlitzer piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ); David Piltch (double bass, upright bass); Paul Bryan (electric bass, bass guitar); Valerie Watson, Valerie Watson (background vocals); Chris Bruce (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Doyle Bramhall II (electric guitar); Earl Harvin (drums); Niki Haris (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman. Recording information: The Sound Factory (05/10/2005-05/13/2005). Authors: Elvis Costello; Bonnie Raitt. Photographer: Kevin Estrada. Bettye Lavette's superlative a cappella rendition of Sinead O'Connor's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" is a fitting opener to this raw collection of covers by women songwriters like Lucinda Williams, Joan Armatrading, and Dolly Parton. The job done by Lavette and her exemplary backing band on this superb deep soul set is so thoroughly transformational as to make these pop, rock, and country songs entirely their own. Her voice is rough and heartfelt, palpably carrying a weight of heartbreak, the musicians' performances are intimate and spontaneous, and the songs, from Parton's "Little Sparrow" to Bobbie Cryner's undiscovered masterpiece, "Just Say So," are impeccably well-chosen.
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)