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Though purists may quibble about her interpretations of classic material, just about everyone acknowledges that Marcia Ball is one fine songwriter. Blue House contains eight gems of swamp boogie fusion delivered in Ball's supple, slinky voice. Listen to "The Facts of Life," a slow, sensual, worldly piece of Louisiana soul with an irresistible melody. It takes some living to write this kind of song, and considerable skill to give it this memorable delivery. Consider "St. Gabriel," a song that sounds so much like a lost blues classic that you'll check the credits to see what Delta legend penned it. Surprise! It's Marcia Ball. Her covers on Blue House are unusually well chosen -- "Fingernails" fits her so well that it's hard to believe it's a Joe Ely tune, and her piano work on "Red Beans" does the song proud. And if her slightly subdued performance on "If This Is Love" isn't quite up to the energy level that the song deserves, it's one cut out of 12, and the other 11 are stellar. Blue House is a marvelous album with plenty of personality and character, and highly recommended.
© Richard Foss /TiVo
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Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - McKinley Morganfield, ComposerLyricist - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Winking, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Kazanoff, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Zimmerman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Rails, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mambo John Treanor, Conga, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Winking, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Kazanoff, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Zimmerman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Rails, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Background Vocalist, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Winking, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Kazanoff, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Zimmerman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Rails, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Jill Napoletan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Winking, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Kazanoff, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Zimmerman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Rails, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Keith Winking, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Kazanoff, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Zimmerman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Rails, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Mambo John Treanor, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Accordion, Piano, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Jerry Williams, ComposerLyricist - Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Background Vocalist, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rich Brotherton, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - David Webb, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jill Napoletan, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Joe Ely, ComposerLyricist - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Webb, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Hammond B3, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Keith Winking, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Kazanoff, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Duke Robillard Band, ComposerLyricist - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Zimmerman, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Red Rails, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mambo John Treanor, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Steve Williams, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Miles Wilkinson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Don Bennett, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Marcia Ball, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Rich Brotherton, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rodney Craig, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Klemperer, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Starnes, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Though purists may quibble about her interpretations of classic material, just about everyone acknowledges that Marcia Ball is one fine songwriter. Blue House contains eight gems of swamp boogie fusion delivered in Ball's supple, slinky voice. Listen to "The Facts of Life," a slow, sensual, worldly piece of Louisiana soul with an irresistible melody. It takes some living to write this kind of song, and considerable skill to give it this memorable delivery. Consider "St. Gabriel," a song that sounds so much like a lost blues classic that you'll check the credits to see what Delta legend penned it. Surprise! It's Marcia Ball. Her covers on Blue House are unusually well chosen -- "Fingernails" fits her so well that it's hard to believe it's a Joe Ely tune, and her piano work on "Red Beans" does the song proud. And if her slightly subdued performance on "If This Is Love" isn't quite up to the energy level that the song deserves, it's one cut out of 12, and the other 11 are stellar. Blue House is a marvelous album with plenty of personality and character, and highly recommended.
© Richard Foss /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:54
- Main artists: Marcia Ball
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder
- Genre: Blues
© 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1994 Rounder Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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