White sugar [sound recording] / Joanne Shaw Taylor.
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MusicPublisher number: RUF 1147 | Ruf RecordsPublication details: [S.l.] : Ruf Records, p2009.Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): - Produced by Jim Gaines.
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Main Library | CD | BLUES Taylor, Joanne Shaw | Available | 33111006280594 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
She's already being called "the new face of the blues" by the press in her native Britain, but her debut album is the first opportunity most Americans will have to hear Joanne Shaw Taylor's sharp, fiery take on blues-based rock. Opening with the dark and sultry "Going Home," Taylor makes her intentions clear from the very beginning: her sound is raw, funky, and soulful, and she's as likely to reference Jimi Hendrix's R&B-inflected blues-rock as Stevie Ray Vaughan's rock-inflected blues. She's also unwilling to be hemmed in: notice the gorgeous guitar intro on "Just Another Word," and the way that the song goes well outside the lines of traditional blues structure without erasing them. Also notice the especially Hendrix-y "Kiss the Ground Goodbye," the lovely instrumental title track, and the stark, spare "Heavy Heart." The latter is the finest track on the program; it features a brilliant chord progression and a sly bluebeat outro that reveals a sense of humor that is otherwise pretty much hidden. The album ends on a very powerful note, with the slow-burning "Blackest Day." The challenge on this song is the solo, and she meets that challenge brilliantly, twice, and in two very different ways: once with gentle regret and then again with forsaken rage. A spectacular debut from a major talent. ~ Rick Anderson
Compact disc.
Program notes inserted.
Going home -- Just another word -- Bones -- Who do you want me to be? -- Time has come -- White sugar -- Kiss the ground goodbye -- Heavy heart -- Watch 'em burn -- Blackest day.
Produced by Jim Gaines.
Joanne Shaw Taylor, guitars, vocals ; David Smith, bass guitar ; Steve Potts, drums.
Recorded at Bessie Blue Studios in Counce, Tenn.