Artist.......: Saffire
Album........: The Uppity Blues Women Deluxe Edition
Label........: Alligator
Genre........: Blues
Catnr........: ALCD5613
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: nov.-21-2006
str.date.....: jan.-31-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Middle Aged Blues Boogie 04:52
02. Sloppy Drunk 03:09
03. It Takes a Mighty Good Man 03:27
04. Ain't Gonna Hush 02:18
05. Bitch with a Bad Attitude 07:15
06. There's Lightning in These Thunder Thighs 03:43
07. Tom Cat Blues ╔couter 02:49
08. (No Need) Pissin' on a Skunk 03:41
09. Don't Treat Your Man Like a Dog 02:44
10. Because of You 02:39
11. 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do 04:12
12. Silver Beaver 05:47
13. Elevator Man 03:13
14. How Can I Say I Miss You? 03:49
15. In My Girlish Days 03:32
16. School Teacher's Blues 03:41
17. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? 02:34
18. Falling Back in Love with You 04:23
19. Wild Women Don't Have the Blues 02:43
20. The Equalizer 04:17
Runtime 74:48 min
Size 106,7 MB
Release Notes:
There is plenty of fire in Saffire The Uppity
Blues Women, a trio of feisty multiracial
middle-aged acoustic blues femmes who, rather
surprisingly, were one of the top sellers from
Alligator's male-dominated, plugged-in roster. This
generous 20-track, 75-minute compilation collects
highlights from the threesome's seven Alligator
albums, spanning 1990-2001. Led by pianist and
co-founder Ann Rabson's barroom honky tonk piano
and Gaye Adegbalola's gutsy vocals and guitar, the
band hit a nerve for a previously untapped audience
of older, predominantly female blues fans. With
double entendre lyrics flying ("Silver Beaver,"
"Elevator Man," "Middle Aged Blues Boogie," "Wild
Women Don't Have the Blues"), the aggressive
sexuality boasted in the majority of these songs
may have seemed sassy at the time, but was just a
throwback to the similarly raucous style of classic
female blues singers such as Ma Rainey, Sippie
Wallace, and Ida Cox. The big difference was that
Saffire could play their instruments, and play them
well, which added a layer of self-confidence to
their shtick. With three distinctive singers and a
strong sense of pacing, the music never gets
boring, although at 20 cuts, this does start to
feel repetitious in spots. There are no rarities,
so fans won't need to take the plunge, but for
newcomers this is a perfect introduction to a
unique female group that proved it could hold its
own in the testosterone-heavy world of blues music.
Hal Horowitz