Blues to the Bone explained

Blues to the Bone
Type:	studio
Artist:	Etta James
Cover:	Blues to the Bone.jpg
Recorded:	2004
Genre:	Blues, rhythm and blues
Label:	RCA Victor
Producer:	Etta James, Donto James, Josh Sklair, Sametto James
Prev Title:	Let's Roll
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	All the Way
Next Year:	2006

Blues to the Bone is the twenty-seventh studio album by Etta James. The album contains a selection of twelve blues standards which are among her favourites. James and her sons Donto and Sametto James produced the album with Josh Sklair, which reached number four in the Billboard Top Blues chart.

The album was given a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Traditional Blues Album.^[1]

Critical reception

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four out of five, calling it "a solid album of no-frills, gutbucket performances".

Track listing

1. "I Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster)  - 3:34
2. "Don't Start Me to Talking" (Sonny Boy Williamson II)  - 2:52
3. "Hush Hush" (Jimmy Reed)  - 3:34
4. "Lil' Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon)  - 3:54
5. "That's Alright" (Jimmy Rogers)  - 3:42
6. "Crawlin' King Snake" (John Lee Hooker)  - 5:32
7. "Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson)  - 3:35
8. "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James)  - 3:59
9. "Smokestack Lightnin'" (Howlin' Wolf)  - 6:50
10. "You Shook Me" (Dixon, J. B. Lenoir)  - 3:51
11. "Driving Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes)  - 2:59
12. "Honey, Don't Tear My Clothes" (Lightnin' Hopkins)  - 3:31

Personnel

• Etta James  - vocals
• John "Juke" Logan  - harmonica
• Josh Sklair - producer, arranger, guitar, Dobro
• Bobby Murray^[1]  - guitars
• Brian Ray  - guitar, slideguitar
• Sametto James  - bass
• Donto Metto James  - drums
• Mike Finnigan  - piano

Notes and References

1. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p108438/biography|pure_url=yes}} Bobby Murray]. Richard Skelly . . December 20, 2011.