great music, great sound, what else do you need?

One of the best sounding CDs I own, sounds better that half of the DVD-Audio's I have. Very clean acoustic sound even though this is not entirely acoustic recording, as far as I can tell. Etta's voice is terrific; the music is everything blues is supposed to be, in a few words, you want to own this CD.

HELP! I can't get this out of my CD player!!!!

Put it in your changer if you've got one. "Blues to the Bone" is not leaving the CD player anytime soon. Etta James has one of the most powerful and soulful voices I have ever heard. Here's she's doing some traditional male songs with heart and gusto.



James' voice and the instrumentation demands more than one listen. Stick this one in your CD player--but be prepared not to change the disk for a while.

Hypnotic

Etta proves once again that if you are a real blues singer you give life to any project you take on. It doesn't matter that these songs have been performed by a huge number of people in the past. If you have ever seen Etta in concert you would know she pulls no punches with a style that makes the floor rock under your feet while you are hypnotized by her spell. As BB King says, "Anyone can play the blues... but does it sound right?" I have listened to thousands of hours of blues in and I can think of a hundred people that couldn't get away with this album but only a few that could make it a masterpiece. Etta is one of the latter - no question asked. The band on this album and the production quality don't hurt it either! You go girl!!