Blues to the Bone

Occupation

  • Etta James - Vocals
  • John " Juke " Logan - harmonica
  • Josh Sklair, Bobby Murray - Guitar
  • Brian Ray - guitar, slide guitar
  • Sametto James - Bass
  • Donto James Metto - drums
  • Mike Finegan - Piano

Blues to the Bone is a studio album by American singer Etta James. It was released in 2004 on RCA Victor and takes cover versions of classics of blues music.

Etta James is at home in many different genres, but they always pleaded for Blues as its basis. With the album "Blues to the Bone " she pays tribute to the great blues musicians was Tribut.Inspiriert to this album by Martin Scorsese 's TV series " The Blues", who also wrote an accompanying text for the album. Actually, they should also appear in the series, but prevented a disease to participate.

On closer inspection, she then realized that the songs are all sung from a male point of view and she wanted to help ensure that you can see how they look from a different angle.

The album was produced by Etta James together with her sons Donto and Sametto who also played bass and drums in the recording.

The album reached # 4 on the Billboard Top Blues charts.

Title list

Critics votes

  • AMG - Steve Leggett: Etta James Has long been one of the best singers of her generation - in any style. ( Etta James is in any style one of the best singers of her generation. )
  • Amazon - Frank - John Hadley .... she seizes each of a dozen as her own, and CLEARLY, as she says herself, thesis are the blues songs did touch her ​​the deepest (.. she treated everyone as yours, and obviously are there which, as she also says himself that they touched the deepest. )
Record label Jimmy Reed Willie Dixon Dust My Broom Robert Johnson The Sky Is Crying (song) Elmore James Smokestack Lightning Roosevelt Sykes Tell Mama Etta James Rocks the House Spoonful At Last Baby What You Want Me to Do
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