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Music has been present in Hugh Laurie’s career in some form or another since the days of Fry & Laurie, even working its way into House, the American television series that turned him into an international star in the 2000s. Without House, Laurie would never have been granted the opportunity to record an album like 2011’s Let Them Talk, a full-blooded immersion into American blues via New Orleans, shepherded by acclaimed roots producer Joe Henry and featuring such Big Easy heavy-hitters as Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, and Irma Thomas. To his enormous credit, Laurie never sounds like a dilettante among this group; he holds his own, working his way into the marrow of the songs, playing credible piano throughout the record. Which isn’t to say that he quite makes this selection of standards his own, either. There are reworkings and reinterpretations, “Tipitina” in particular being turned on its head, but the problem with Let Them Talk isn’t the guts and blood of the music, or the slightly studious air Henry cultivates. No, the problem is how Laurie’s blues accent inevitably slides into affectations quite familiar from House. He can’t help it, that’s his American accent, but it’s disarming to have a number cooking along and all of a sudden Princeton Plainsboro’s favorite misanthrope has taken the lead.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - trad, Composer - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Joe Primrose, Arranger - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Tracy Griffin, Trumpet - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet - "Big Sam" Williams, Trombone - Brain "Breeze" Cayolle, Saxophone - Clarence J. Johnson the 3rd, Saxophone
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Clarence Williams, Writer - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet - Sam Gray, Writer - Virginia Liston, Writer
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Leroy Carr, Composer - Onzy Matthews, Arranger - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet - Jo Green, Hand Clap - Levon Henry, Saxophone
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Tracy Griffin, Trumpet - Jelly-Roll Morton, Writer - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet - "Big Sam" Williams, Trombone - Brain "Breeze" Cayolle, Saxophone - Clarence J. Johnson the 3rd, Saxophone
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Traditional, Writer - Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - Dr. John, Vocals - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Turner Layton, Writer - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Henry Creamer, Writer - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Stephen Foster, Composer - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - J.B Lenoir, Writer - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Traditional, Composer - Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - Irma Thomas, Vocals - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hank Thompson, Arranger - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Blind Blake, Composer, Writer - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Roy Byrd, Writer - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Tracy Griffin, Trumpet - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet - "Big Sam" Williams, Trombone - Brain "Breeze" Cayolle, Saxophone - Clarence J. Johnson the 3rd, Saxophone
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Writer - Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Robert Johnson, Writer - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - Irma Thomas, Backing Vocals - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Alonzo Lonnie Chatmon, Writer - Armenta Bo Carter Chatmon, Writer - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet - Sir Tom Jones, Vocals
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
lew douglas, Writer - Jay Bellerose, Drums, Percussion - Patrick Warren, Accordion, Harp, Keyboards, Organ - David Pilch, Double Bass - Greg Leisz, Guitar, Mandola - Allen Toussaint, Horn - Kevin Breit, Guitar, Mandolin - Jean MCClain, Backing Vocals - Hugh Laurie, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, MainArtist - Harry A Carlson, Writer - Erwin King, Writer - Craig Eastman, Violin - Gennine Jackson, Backing Vocals - Robby Marshall, Clarinet
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Limited
Album review
Music has been present in Hugh Laurie’s career in some form or another since the days of Fry & Laurie, even working its way into House, the American television series that turned him into an international star in the 2000s. Without House, Laurie would never have been granted the opportunity to record an album like 2011’s Let Them Talk, a full-blooded immersion into American blues via New Orleans, shepherded by acclaimed roots producer Joe Henry and featuring such Big Easy heavy-hitters as Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, and Irma Thomas. To his enormous credit, Laurie never sounds like a dilettante among this group; he holds his own, working his way into the marrow of the songs, playing credible piano throughout the record. Which isn’t to say that he quite makes this selection of standards his own, either. There are reworkings and reinterpretations, “Tipitina” in particular being turned on its head, but the problem with Let Them Talk isn’t the guts and blood of the music, or the slightly studious air Henry cultivates. No, the problem is how Laurie’s blues accent inevitably slides into affectations quite familiar from House. He can’t help it, that’s his American accent, but it’s disarming to have a number cooking along and all of a sudden Princeton Plainsboro’s favorite misanthrope has taken the lead.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:44
- Main artists: Hugh Laurie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: WM UK
- Genre: Blues
© 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd ℗ 2011 Warner Music UK Ltd
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