| Product Summary | | Label: M.c. Records | | UPC: 00607735003827 | | Release Date: 9/28/1999 | | Buy.com Sku: 60332009 | | Item#: MHRYHG | Format:  CD |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Odetta (vocals); Dr. John (vocals, piano); Jimmy Vivino (guitar); Tom "Bones" Malone (tenor saxophone, trumpet); Seth Farber (piano); Mike Merritt, Paul Ossola (acoustic bass); Shawn Pelton, Larry Eagle, | | Richard Crooks (drums). | | Recorded at Tiki Studios, Glen Cove, New York in May-June 1999. Includes liner notes by Robert Gordon & Dr. Maya Angelou. | | BLUES EVERYWHERE I GO was nominated for the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album. | | This is Odetta's first studio release in over a decade, but time doesn't appear to have affected her interpretive skills or the range and quality of her voice, which remains one of the most remarkable instruments in American folk and blues music to date. The 15 tracks on Blues Everywhere I Go tell what Odetta calls "the other side" of the African-American blues story. Most of the tunes were written by artists like Sipie Wallace, Huddie Ledbetter, Big Bill Broonzy, Victoria Spivey and Thelma Lowe. These songwriters had a good deal to say about the daily situation of African-Americans in the South during the early part of the 20th century. The lyrics concern lost love, unemployment, homelessness, and hard times -- no knives, no guns, no chasin' women, no double-entendre lyrics in this collection. Instead, tunes like "Homeless Blues," "Unemployment Blues," "W.P.A. Blues," "Dink's Blues," and Percy Mayfield's "Send Me Someone to Love" dominate this album. Odetta's vocals are uniformly wonderful, as are her backing musicians. Although most of these songs are long-time blues standards, the arrangements are very contemporary and electrified. It may not be the style of blues project some expect, but obviously this artist still has a few surprises in her repertoire. ~ Philip Van Vleck | | Just in time to commemorate her 50th anniversary in show business, Odetta released 1999's BLUES EVERYWHERE I GO, her first full-length album in 14 years. Solidly backed by members of Conan O'Brien's house band, the classically trained folk/blues legend chose to reach back beyond the Chicago blues era for material to interpret. Befitting her reputation as an activist/historian, Odetta's choices include songs addressing the plight of the poor ("Unemployment Blues," "Homeless Blues") and the dark side of FDR's New Deal (Big Bill Broonzy's "W.P.A. Blues"). | | Elsewhere, Odetta renders impeccable versions of material associated with blues pioneers of her gender including Sippie Wallace ("You Gotta Know How," "Trouble Everywhere"), Victoria Spivey ("TB Blues"), and Bessie Smith ("Rich Man Blues"). Special guest Dr. John provides an excellent foil for Odetta as he backs her on piano for "Oh Papa" and sings a rich-sounding duet with her on Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love." |
Producer: Mark Carpentieri; Seth Farber |
Engineer: Fred Guarino |
Musical Guests | | Dr. John |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/02/2005 | | Original Release Date : 1999 | | Catalog ID : 38 | | Label : M.C. Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00607735003827 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Q (6/00, p.112)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...Magnificent...her earthy, soulful, sometimes snarling lyrics telling of hard times gone by, while sounding hopeful....Comebacks rarely get any better."Dirty Linen (4-5/00, p.51)
- "...[Odetta's] rich, warm, full-bodied voice puts a unique stamp on every song....this CD is a fine effort and totally enjoyable from start to finish." Living Blues (1-2/00, pp.73-5)
- "...this is a very good disc, and should be required listening for contemporary blues fans....it is worth checking out a singer who can deliver blues as if she was just talking in her own voice, direct, unforced, and instantly recognizable as no one but herself." |
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