''Blues Everywhere I Go'' is an
album by
American
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folk singer Odetta, released in 1999. It was her first new release in more than a decade.
Allmusic said in their review: "... time doesn't appear to have affected her interpretive skills or the range and quality of her voice, which remains one of the most remarkable instruments in American folk and blues music to date."
''Blues Everywhere I Go'' was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album at the
42nd Grammy Awards
The 42nd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 23, 2000, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1999. Nominations were announced on January 4, 2000. Santana was the main r ...
. It was her first nomination after over 50 years of recording.
Blues News. Odetta Gets Nomination.
Track listing
# "Blues Everywhere I Go" (Scott Shirley) – 4:53
# "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield
Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920August 11, 1984) was an American Rhythm and blues singer with a smooth vocal style. He also was a songwriter, known for the songs " Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Hit the Road Jack", the latter being a song ...
) – 2:33
# "Dink's Blues" ( Dink Johnson) – 4:48
# "Unemployment Blues" – 4:05
# "TB Blues" (Victoria Spivey
Victoria Regina Spivey (October 15, 1906 – October 3, 1976), sometimes known as Queen Victoria, was an American blues singer and songwriter. During a recording career that spanned 40 years, from 1926 to the mid-1960s, she worked with Louis A ...
) – 4:06
# "Trouble Everywhere/I've Been Living With the Blues" ( Brownie McGhee, Wallace) – 4:01
# "Can't Afford to Lose My Man" (Ernest Lawlars
Ernest Lawlars (May 18, 1900 – November 14, 1961)Harris, S. (1981): ''Blues Who's Who''. New York, Da Capo Press, pp. 316–7 was an American blues guitarist, vocalist, and composer, known professionally as Little Son Joe.Garon & Garon 1992, p ...
) – 2:56
# "Homeless Blues" ( Porter Grainger) – 5:58
# "Oh, Papa" (Davide Elman) – 3:01
# "Look the World Over" (Lawlars) – 3:37
# "Careless Love/St. Louis Blues" (Handy, Koenig, Lead Belly
Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guita ...
) – 7:50
# "Hear Me Talking to You" – 3:15
# "Rich Man Blues" (Lowe) – 4:41
# "W.P.A. Blues" ( Big Bill Broonzy) – 4:12
# "You Gotta Know How" (Sippie Wallace
Sippie Wallace (born Beulah Belle Thomas, November 1, 1898 – November 1, 1986) was an American blues singer, pianist and songwriter. Her early career in tent shows gained her the billing "The Texas Nightingale". Between 1923 and 1927, she recor ...
) – 3:38
Personnel
* Odetta – vocals, guitar
* Jimmy Vivino - guitar
* Dr. John
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B.
Active as a session musician from t ...
– piano, vocals on "Please Send Me Someone to Love" and "Oh Papa"
* Mike Merritt - acoustic bass
* Paul Ossola – acoustic bass
* Shawn Pelton – drums
* Larry Eagle – drums
* Richard Crooks - drums
* Seth Farber – piano
* Tom "Bones" Malone
Thomas "Bones" Malone (born June 16, 1947) is an American jazz musician, arranger, and producer. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone but he also plays saxophone, trumpet, tuba, flute, and bass guitar. He has been a member of ...
– tenor saxophone, trumpet on "Dink's Blues"
Production notes
* Produced and arranged by Seth Farber
* Engineered by Fred Guarino
* Photography by Robert Corwin
References
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1999 albums
Odetta albums