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 | Title : Burnin' Down the House: Live at the House of Blues
Author : James, Etta
Release Date : 20020507
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Just when it seems that the purr has left Etta James's estimable voice, about halfway through this live concert recorded in 2001 at LA's House of Blues, she begins her eternally romantic ballad 'At Last,' and the years tumble away. James's singing becomes flexible as a tenor saxophone, building to a lovely, serpentine diminuendo, which she caps with an arching phrase that dissipates in a misty exhalation of breath. It's such a beautiful, brilliantly executed performance that it's suddenly clear that for most of this show, the 64-year-old diva played dirty on purpose. So her signatures, 'Tell Mama' and 'I'd Rather Go Blind' (really, just about everything), are raw and earthy, moan-and-groan R&B milked for every smile and tear. Raunchy, too, since James deploys plenty of her bawdy stage patter and picks numbers like the striptease fantasy 'You Can Leave Your Hat On' and the even more obvious 'I Just Want to Make Love to You.' Her impetuous nature leads her into unpredictable improvisations, like the weird bird calls she warbles during the intro to the ghetto-rocker 'All the Way Down,' with it's wah-wah guitar and 'Theme from Shaft' vibe. And her Roots Band are perfect accompanists. James's sons Donto and Sametto are the rhythm section, and the five horns and two guitarists play with the loose precision of the classic Stax or Muscle Shoals studio crews. Since James has made few live albums, she might have included more of her own gems in this set. But James has the command to transform numbers like Kiki Dee's 'Sugar on the Floor' into soulful diamonds.
Buyer Reviews :
It's Etta James fer cryin' out loud!!! What more do I have to say? She sings everything beautifully and, as a true blues / jazz singer should, she plays with the vocal phrasings and takes them to new places. Great band, great singer, great songs..... Just Buy it and enjoy.
(by danimal56)
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