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It Haven't Been Easy

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I just learned of Miss Lavelle's wonderful music on a recent Austin City Limits. The next day, I could not get her songs out of my head....good stuff. I had to have her CD...looked for weeks...couldn't find it. Thanks Amazon.com Lavelle's range of styles is amazing. Blues for sure, but mixed with swing, a bit of soul, almost R & R on some tracks. If you are a Carolina Shag fan, just try "I've never found a man to love", if you want a little cheek to cheek try "It haven't been easy" In any event, you'll be dancing before the last song plays. One additional surprise....the audio quality of this disk is superb, the studio musicians are extra ordinary. Hats off to Antones/ Discovery Rec.

This is my favorite of the three CDs of hers I've purchased with my favorite song being "Wootie Boogie." If you get the chance to see her perform live (I recently saw her at The Big Easy in Houston), I highly recommend her show. Very talented. Being in her 80's, she is the epitomy of that adage, "You're never too old." Cool lady.

Recording Lavelle White is obviously a pet project for Clifford Antone, who co-produces this album. It's a follow up to her now deleted "Miss Lavelle" album for the same label.It has to be said at the outset that you either like her voice - or you don't! I do. With a basic band of Riley Osborn on keyboards,Larry Fulcher on bass and George Rain on drums, plus Clarence Holliman and Derek O'Brien on guitars every track has something extra added to its mix, usually from the Antone's "house band" (Kaz Kazanoff on saxes for example). The album has more of Ms White's own compositions than the last album.Favourites for me are the title track and "Automatic Love". However the two real standouts are O.V.Wright's "Don't let my baby ride" and a thunderous version of Eddie Floyd's "I've never found a man to love" If you're looking for a soulful alternative to what you normally listen to,this could be it. It'd be well worth the wait!