Blues Everywhere I Go (Remastered) Odetta

• 1 Blues Everywhere I Go 04:51
• 2 Please Send Me Someone to Love 02:31
• 3 Dink's Blues 04:48
• 4 Unemployment Blues 04:04
• 5 Tb Blues 04:03
• 6 Trouble Everywhere / I've Been Living With the Blues 03:59
• 7 Can't Afford to Lose My Man 02:55
• 8 Homeless Blues 05:56
• 9 Oh Papa 02:59
• 10 Look the World Over 03:36
• 11 Careless Love / St. Louis Blues 07:49
• 12 Hear Me Talking to You 03:13
• 13 Rich Man Blues 04:41
• 14 W.P.A. Blues 04:10
• 15 You Gotta Know How 03:38
• Total Runtime 01:03:13

Info for Blues Everywhere I Go (Remastered)

On September 28, 1999 M.C. Records released Blues Everywhere I Go, Odetta's first full-length studio recording in fourteen years. The recording was anticipated anxiously by lovers of folk, blues and American roots music and the loyal following that this legendary singer has amassed over her fifty-year career. Backed by a full band that includes guitarist Jimmy Vivino and bassist Mike Merrit (Conan O'Brien), Odetta conjures the ghosts of Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Alberta Hunter, Ma Rainey, among others, and passionately recreates the mood and the meaning of urban blues of primarily the 1920's and 30's. Dr. John joins Odetta on two songs, including a vocal duet on the Percy Mayfield classic Please Send Me Someone to Love. Poet laureate Maya Angelou has written an introduction to the CD, and the liner notes are by acclaimed music writer Robert Gordon.One of the most beloved figures in American music, Odetta's show business career started in 1949 with the production of Finian's Rainbow. Odetta became a national spokeswoman for American roots music in the 1950's and ushered in the tidal wave of folk music that followed. Odetta introduced'Americans and audiences worldwide to the power and dignity inherent in the stories that comprise American roots music and especially African-American folk, blues and gospel. She paved the way for Bob Dylan and Joan Baez and has been credited as a crucial influence by numerous artists from Janis'Joplin to Cassandra Wilson and Jewel. Odetta has shared the stage with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Nina Simone, Marian Anderson, Pete Seeger and B.B. King to name just a few luminaries. Odetta has been featured on many television broadcasts including CBS's Sunday Morning and PBS's Salute To'American Pop, and has charmed and moved audiences at the White House, The United Nations, the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall. As Harry Belafontehas said of her, Odetta is a vast influence on our cultural life.'

"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, AMG)

Odetta, vocals, guitar
Jimmy Vivino, guitar
Dr. John, piano, vocals on "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Oh Papa"
Mike Merritt, acoustic bass
Paul Ossola, acoustic bass
Shawn Pelton, drums
Larry Eagle, drums
Richard Crooks, drums
Seth Farber, piano
Tom "Bones" Malone, tenor saxophone, trumpet on "Dink's Blues"

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