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Burnin' Down the House: Live at the House of Blues

 
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Label: Private Music
Rating: 3.5
 
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Description: Just when it seems that the purr has left Etta James's estimable voice, about halfway through this live concert recorded in 2001 at L.A.'s House of Blues she begins her eternally romantic ballad "At Last," and the years tumble away. James's singing becomes flexible as a tenor saxophone, building to a lovely, serpentine diminuendo, which she caps with an arching phrase that dissipates in a misty exhalation of breath. It's such a beautiful, brilliantly executed performance that it's suddenly clear that for most of this show, the 64-year-old diva played dirty on purpose. So her signatures, "Tell Mama" and "I'd Rather Go Blind" (really, just about everything), are raw and earthy, moan-and-groan R&B milked for every smile and tear. Raunchy, too, since James deploys plenty of her bawdy stage patter and picks numbers like the striptease fantasy "You Can Leave Your Hat On" and the even more obvious "I Just Want to Make Love to You." Her impetuous nature leads her into unpredictable improvisations, like the weird bird calls she warbles during the intro to the ghetto-rocker "All the Way Down," with it's wah-wah guitar and "Theme from Shaft" vibe. And her Roots Band are perfect accompanists. James's sons Donto and Sametto are the rhythm section, and the five horns and two guitarists play with the loose precision of the classic Stax or Muscle Shoals studio crews. Since James has made few live albums, she might have included more of her own gems in this set. But James has the command to transform numbers like Kiki Dee's "Sugar on the Floor" into soulful diamonds. --Ted Drozdowski
 
 

 
Tracklist of Burnin' Down the House: Live at the House of Blues

Disc 1
1 Introduction  0:16 no lyrics yet - submit it
2 Come to Mama  4:22 no lyrics yet - submit it
3 I Just Want to Make Love to You / Born to Be Wild   no lyrics yet - submit it
4 I'd Rather Go Blind  2:34 view lyrics
5 All the Way Down  3:28 no lyrics yet - submit it
6 At Last  2:60 view lyrics
7 You Can Leave Your Hat On  3:24 view lyrics
8 Something's Got a Hold On Me  2:51 no lyrics yet - submit it
9 Your Good Thing is About to End   no lyrics yet - submit it
10 Rock Me Baby  3:21 no lyrics yet - submit it
11 Love & Happiness / Take Me to the River / My Funny Valentine   no lyrics yet - submit it
12 Sugar on the Floor  4:44 no lyrics yet - submit it

Reviews:

Tasty Set!

Some of the other reviews attack this on the basis that it is not as soulful as the 60's and 70's sets that we all know and love. Sure this is not 1962, but the band is on and it is a powerful well produced saucy set. The fact that she can put it out this strong after all of these years is a testament to her artistry. It is a nice blues rock sound and it never dissapointed anyone that has heard it with me. I understand the argument for purity but in this world everything evolves and this one gets a well deserved spot on my shelf next to the classics.

Average at best

She spends as much time talking the lyrics as she does actually singing on this live CD. If your looking for Etta at her best live then buy her CD "Rocks the House".

Still Etta, But Disappointing

Looking at the play list, I was really anticipating a power perfomance by one of my favorite R&B power vocalists. This, however, was not to be. To me this CD had the feel of someone going through the motions and pandering to an audience who wanted to see a "canned" Etta James performance. Too bad, because she can really be a force of nature when she's at her best. Check out The Essential Etta James' version of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" to see what I mean.

Overall: OK, but disappointing.

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