Bettye LaVette - Scene of the Crime
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Artist: Bettye LaVetteEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-09-25
Music Label: Anti
Soundtracks:
- Take Me Like I Am (Still Want To Be Your Baby)
- Choices
- Jealousy
- You Don't Know Me At All
- Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
- They Call It Love
- Last Time
- Talking Old Soldiers
- Before The Money Came (Battle Of Baeetye LaVette)
- I Guess We Shouldn't Talk About That Now
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Free Music Review: The Show goes on..
Hit: 5 Stars
This is an outstanding follow-up to Ms. Lavette's "Ive got my own Hell to raise". In many ways she demonstrates increased versatility in a wider range of material. The band is in fine form but make no mistake the star of the show in the sublime, powerful and expressive vocal technique of Ms. Bettye. She growls, screams,purrs and makes you understand the depth of each lyric she delivers, while the band serves as the perfect foil for the entire session. I have refrained from citing one particular cut as my favorite because at different times they all have cast a unique spell on me. This is a superb set of bluesy, reflective songs done by an artist whose voice conveys a world weary consciousness while never sounding defeated. Buy this recording and experience a mature voice and an exceptional band deliver a set of songs that leave you wanting more.
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"I've got my mem-mor-eehees," sings Bettye LaVette at the chilling finale of her version of Elton John and Bernie Taupin's obscure "Talking Old Soldiers," holding the last syllable as it fades into a hum while Spooner Oldham's ghostly piano underpins the pain. The singer's whiskey-stained voice infuses those words with a fierce mix of pride, hurt, resignation, sadness, strength, and humility--traits that make her one of the finest R&B singers of her generation. There are other riveting moments rivaling that from this deeply moving set that finds her recording once again at Muscle Shoals' FAME Studios, the same place she created an album in 1972 that Atlantic inexplicably never released. Accompanied by Oldham and the swampy, tightly wound Drive-by Truckers, LaVette digs into material from John Hiatt, Willie Nelson, Frankie Miller, Eddie Hinton, and Don Henley, among others, finding the hidden soul in songs as she rips them apart from the inside out. It's a magnificent performance from a singer who shoots straight, especially on her autobiographical "Before the Money Came (The Battle of Bettye LaVette)," this disc's sole original. The Truckers dial down their raunchy Southern rock, concentrating instead on rugged R&B and creating a greasy collaboration that's as inspired as it is unlikely. Lavette grinds out the intensity, alternating between ballads and roots rockers on a set that never lets up for 40 passionate minutes. Soul music just doesn't get any more fiery, as Bettye Lavette creates indelible images of loves and lives with the voice of one who has walked the talk. --Hal HorowitzMore from Bettye LaVette
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Her 2005 acclaimed release, "I've Got My Own Hell To Raise", brought well-deserved recognition to this R&B maverick who's been recording since the early 60s. Now comes the almost autobiographical "Scene Of The Crime". To make music this raw and direct, Bettye enlisted "dirty south" rockers The Drive By Truckers as her backup band. With swampy guitars, slippery Wurlitzer piano, and a driving backline, this record conjures up the spirit of great loose 70s bands like the Faces while offering Bettye an urgent, vital setting for her razor-sharp vocals. Recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL, where she recorded "Child Of The Seventies" in 1972 - a masterpiece that was shelved then released 30 years later. Returning to Muscle Shoals was like returning to the scene of a crime; thus the album title, and the intense, personal music within.
Her 2005 acclaimed release, "I've Got My Own Hell To Raise", brought well-deserved recognition to this R&B maverick who's been recording since the early 60s. Now comes the almost autobiographical "Scene Of The Crime". To make music this raw and direct, Bettye enlisted "dirty south" rockers The Drive By Truckers as her backup band. With swampy guitars, slippery Wurlitzer piano, and a driving backline, this record conjures up the spirit of great loose 70s bands like the Faces while offering Bettye an urgent, vital setting for her razor-sharp vocals. Recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL, where she recorded "Child Of The Seventies" in 1972 - a masterpiece that was shelved then released 30 years later. Returning to Muscle Shoals was like returning to the scene of a crime; thus the album title, and the intense, personal music within.
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