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Artist......: Bette Smith
Album.......: Jetlagger
Label.......: Big Legal Mess Records
Genre.......: Rock
Catnr.......: BLM0545
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2018-01-23
Str.date....: 2017-09-29
Quality.....: 814kbps/44.1kHz/2 channels
Url.........: http://biglegalmessrecords.com
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1. I Will Feed You 4:26
2. Jetlagger 3:47
3. I Found Love 3:20
4. Flying Sweet Angel Of Joy 2:40
5. Manchild 3:36
6. Durty Hustlin' 4:21
7. Shackle & Chain 3:41
8. Moaning Bench 3:06
9. Do Your Thing 4:09
10. City In The Sky 3:32
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\ / ________ Runtime 36:38
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,: Born and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bette Smith :,
: reconnected with her musical roots in Memphis and Mississippi û :
:' and fulfilled a promise to her late brother in the process. ':
,: Recording her debut full-length album in Mississippi brought her :,
: to the roots of the gospel she sang in the church and the soul :
:' music she heard on the block on hot summer nights music growing ':
,: up on the corner of Nostrand and Fulton. The powerful :,
: æJetlaggerÆ comes out September 29 on Big Legal Mess, a Fat :
:' Possum subsidiary. ôThe south came to me and grabbed me and ':
,: pulled me down there. The southern migration came up and got me. :,
: My neighbors in Bed-Stuy influenced me,ö she says. :
:' ':
,: She recalls that Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn was a very different place :,
: when she was growing up. ôIt was rough back then!,ö she :
:' exclaims. ôThere was lots of gang activity. One gang came after ':
,: my brother and my dad came out with a lead pipe to protect him. :,
: It was really hairy. My older brother Junior protected me from :
:' all of that. He would intimidate all of the other guys.ö ':
,: :,
: She owes even more to Junior. Several years ago, on his deathbed :
:' suffering from kidney failure, he made her promise not to give ':
,: up on a career as a singer. Those last days of his, she sang :,
: while he tapped his foot on the hospital bed at Kings County :
:' Hospital. ôI didnÆt know how else to comfort him,ö she recalls. ':
,: He told her, ôI want you to sing; donÆt give upö and sheÆs kept :,
: that promise, playing gigs from One Penn Plaza in New York to :
:' the Boogie Woogie Festival in Brussels, Belgium, always wearing ':
,: yellow on stage to honor him. ôItÆs all for Junior now,ö she :,
: affirms. :
:' ':
,: :,
: Jimbo Mathus produced the album at Water ValleyÆs Dial Back :
:' Sound and sent roughs to Bruce Watson, who swiftly signed Smith ':
,: on for a full-length. HeÆs become a secret weapon for Fat Possum :,
: and Big Legal Mess Records; in addition to being a solo artist :
:' and a founding member of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Mathus has ':
,: also produced Shinyribs, Luther Dickinson, The Seratones, and :,
: played on records by Valerie June, Buddy Guy, and Elvis :
:' Costello. ôYou exceeded all expectations,ö Mathus told her. ':
,: :,
: The trip was also SmithÆs first to the deep south. She recalls, :
:' ôIt took me out of my comfort zone. I got lost in a swamp one ':
,: time and kind of freaked out! IÆm a quintessential city girl.ö :,
: :
:' Smith beams when talking about the sessions. ôIt was really ':
,: wonderful. Everything was recorded live. I felt like I was Tina :,
: Turner and Etta James. I do well when IÆm performing. It was a :
:' real performance that had never been captured before.ö Anyone ':
,: whoÆs ever seen her live knows how absorbed she gets on stage :,
: and these sessions put her in that same place. She continues, :
:' ôThereÆs New York aggressiveness and passion. I get to a fever ':
,: pitch. IÆm gone. IÆm not even there anymore. Something else :,
: takes over.ö :
:' ':
,: Mathus dug deep into the Mississippi and Memphis soul bags, :,
: unearthing ôFlying Sweet Angel of Joyö by Famous L. Renfroe, a :
:' song with which Smith particularly connected. ôI believe in ':
,: guardian angels. Jimbo picked up on that. I feel that I was :,
: giving voice for Famous. because he never really got a chance.ö :
:' Mathus also picked Isaac HayesÆ ôDo Your Thing,ö which simmers ':
,: with Memphis heat. :,
: :
:' The raucous soul-rock of ôMan Child,ö the spare funk of ':
,: ôShackles & Chains,ö and Blaxsploitation soundtrack feel of :,
: ôDurty HustlinÆö were all written or co-written by :
:' ':
,: Mathus specifically for Smith. She gets rough, wrestling the :,
: title track to the ground; the song captures the late nights and :
:' lack of sleep inherent in a musicianÆs life. First-call Memphis ':
,: horn players Marc Franklin (Robert Cray, Lucero and Kirk :,
: Smothers (Don Bryant, Melissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper, Buddy :
:' Guy) were summoned to complete the albumÆs sound. ':
,: :,
: æJetlaggerÆsÆ closer, the Staples SingersÆ ôCity In the Sky,ö :
:' connected her back to Bed-Stuy. She remembers, ôMy father was a ':
,: church choir director. I was singing since I was five years old. :,
: I take it to church. I just break out, start speaking in :
:' tongues.ö She also heard gospel around the house every weekend. ':
,: ôMy grandmother listened to nothing but gospel,ö she recalls, :,
: citing Mahalia Jackson and Reverend James Cleveland. ôEvery :
:' Sundaymorning, she would get up and put on these records while ':
,: dressing and praising the Lord. The furniture was :,
: plastic-covered. After lunch, it was more gospel music,ö she :
:' says. Bed-Stuy block parties would also have revivalist-style ':
,: gospel acts. ôIÆm steeped in it!,ö she adds. Though a Seventh :,
: Day Adventist as a child, Smith is now a member of the Church of :
:' God in Christ. ':
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