Etta James - Rocks The House (Live, 1964) @flac

Simply one of the greatest live blues albums ever captured on tape. Cut in 1963 at the New Era Club in Nashville, the

set finds Etta James in stellar shape as she forcefully delivers her own "Something's Got a Hold on Me" and

"Seven Day Fool" interspersed with a diet of sizzling covers ("What'd I Say," "Sweet Little

Angel," "Money," "Ooh Poo Pah Doo").


The CD incarnation adds three more great titles, including an impassioned reprise of her "All I Could Do Is

Cry." Guitarist David T. Walker is outstanding whenever he solos.(AMG)






Searing stuff -- easily one of Etta James' greatest albums! The set is a non-stop jam, recorded live at the New Era

Club in Nashville before a small and screaming crowd -- a perfect performance all the way through, one that showcases

Etta as she rarely sounded on vinyl during the 1960s. The whole album runs away like a train on fire, and it's filled

with incredibly lively readings of tracks like "Something's Got A Hold On Me", "Baby What You Want Me To

Do", "Money", "Seven Day Fool", and "Woke Up This Morning" -- all taken at versions

longer than the usual under-3 minute single takes!


Though the studio albums Etta James made for Chess in the 1960s usually had the blues singer surrounded by lush

production and string-heavy arrangements, this live date finds her performing with only a rhythm section, organist,

guitarist, and tenor saxophonist. The singer seems to respond to both the stripped-down setting and the enthusiastic

audience with noticeable abandon. In fact, James the classy balladeer, a role she sometimes plays on her studio albums,

is nowhere to be found on this blazing set. The only time the band slows down is on the tearjerker story-song "All

I Could Do Is Cry" (though what the tune lacks in tempo it makes up for in emotional intensity).


The rest of the set is straight-edged blues and R&B, including covers of some hits of the day, like "Money

(That's What I Want)" and Ray Charles's "What'd I Say." Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me To

Do" (on which James does a growling, harmonica-imitating vocal solo) steps up the blues quotient, as does the

band's finale of Willie Dixon's "I Just Want To Make Love to You," with James's gospel-drenched pipes wailing

all the while. ETTA JAMES ROCKS THE HOUSE indeed.

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01. Something's Got A Hold On Me


02. Baby What You Want Me To Do


03. What'd I Say


04. Money (That's What I Want)


05. Seven Day Fool


06. Sweet Little Angel


07. Ohh Poo Pah Doo


08. Woke Up This Morning


09. Ain't That Lovin' You Baby (previously unreleased)


10. All I Could Do Is Cry (previously unreleased)


11. I Just Want To Make Love To You (previously unreleased)



Personnel: Etta James (vocals); David Walker (guitar); Gavrell Cooper (tenor saxophone); Vonzell Cooper (organ); Marion

Wright (bass); Freeman Brown, Richard Waters (drums).

Recorded live at The New Era Club, Nashville, Tennessee on September 27 and 28, 1963.


Originally released on Argo (4032), 1964


Includes liner notes by Ralph Bass and by Don Snowden.


Digitally remastered by Paul Elmore (MCA Studios, North Hollywood, California).


Label: Chess/MCA


Date: 1992




Codec: Flac


Compression Level: 3


Quality: High




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