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Though the studio albums Etta James made for Chess in the 1960s usually had the blues singer surrounded by lush production and string-heavy arrangements, this live date finds her performing with only a rhythm section, organist, guitarist, and tenor saxophonist. The singer seems to respond to both the stripped-down setting and the enthusiastic audience with noticeable abandon. In fact, James the classy balladeer, a role she sometimes plays on her studio albums, is nowhere to be found on this blazing set. The only time the band slows down is on the tearjerker story-song "All I Could Do Is Cry" (though what the tune lacks in tempo it makes up for in emotional intensity).
The rest of the set is straight-edged blues and R&B, including covers of some hits of the day, like "Money (That's What I Want)" and Ray Charles' "What'd I Say." Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (on which James does a growling, harmonica-imitating vocal solo) steps up the blues quotient, as does the band's finale of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You," with James' gospel-drenched pipes wailing all the while. Etta James Rocks the House indeed.
© Rovi Staff /TiVo
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Leroy Kirkland, ComposerLyricist - Pearl Woods, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Reed, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - The Kinfolks, Ensemble - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 Geffen Records
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Janie Bradford, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Billy Davis, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Sonny Woods, ComposerLyricist - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Sam Maghett, ComposerLyricist - Dana King, Engineer - Robert McCollom, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jessie Hill, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
B.B. King, ComposerLyricist - JULES BIHARI, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Reed, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Berry Gordy Jr., ComposerLyricist - Gwen Gordy Fuqua, ComposerLyricist - Billy Davis, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
WILLIE DIXON, ComposerLyricist - Etta James, MainArtist - RALPH BASS, Producer - Dana King, Engineer
℗ 1963 Geffen Records
Review: Rocks The House - Etta James
Though the studio albums Etta James made for Chess in the 1960s usually had the blues singer surrounded by lush production and string-heavy arrangements, this live date finds her performing with only a rhythm section, organist, guitarist, and tenor saxophonist. The singer seems to respond to both the stripped-down setting and the enthusiastic audience with noticeable abandon. In fact, James the classy balladeer, a role she sometimes plays on her studio albums, is nowhere to be found on this blazing set. The only time the band slows down is on the tearjerker story-song "All I Could Do Is Cry" (though what the tune lacks in tempo it makes up for in emotional intensity).
The rest of the set is straight-edged blues and R&B, including covers of some hits of the day, like "Money (That's What I Want)" and Ray Charles' "What'd I Say." Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me to Do" (on which James does a growling, harmonica-imitating vocal solo) steps up the blues quotient, as does the band's finale of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want to Make Love to You," with James' gospel-drenched pipes wailing all the while. Etta James Rocks the House indeed.
© Rovi Staff /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:00
- Main artists: Etta James
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Blues
© 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1963 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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