Artist.......: Bettye Lavette
Album........: the Scene of the Crime
Label........: ANTI
Genre........: Blues
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Sep-07-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. i still want to be your baby 03:46
(take me like i am)
02. choices 03:04
03. jealousy 05:36
04. you don't know me at all 03:58
05. somebody pick up my pieces 05:22
06. they call it love 03:58
07. the last time 02:59
08. talking old soldiers 04:26
09. before the money came 04:30
(the battle of bettye lavette)
10. i guess we shouldn't talk about that now 03:47
Runtime 41:26 min
Size 52,6 MB
Release Notes:
Her 2005 acclaimed release, "I've Got My Own Hell
To Raise", brought well-deserved recognition to
this R&B maverick who's been recording since the
early 60s. Now comes the almost autobiographical
"Scene Of The Crime". To make music this raw and
direct, Bettye enlisted "dirty south" rockers The
Drive By Truckers as her backup band. With swampy
guitars, slippery Wurlitzer piano, and a driving
backline, this record conjures up the spirit of
great loose 70s bands like the Faces while offering
Bettye an urgent, vital setting for her razor-sharp
vocals. Recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL, where she
recorded "Child Of The Seventies" in 1972 - a
masterpiece that was shelved then released 30 years
later. Returning to Muscle Shoals was like
returning to the scene of a crime; thus the album
title, and the intense, personal music within.