- I Need All the Help I Can Get
- Walkin' After Midnight
- God Will
- Got a New Truck
- Tennessee Blues
- Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
- After the Fire Is Gone
- Mother Earth
- Strongest Weakness
- Down So Low
- Feel So Good
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Toni Sehulster Bass (Electric)
Shane Stafford Guitar
Vickie Carrico Vocals (Background)
Charlie Wood Organ,Piano
Scott Thompson Trumpet
Jim Spake Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone)
Delbert McClinton Composer
Lewis Simpkins Composer
Public Domain Composer
Donnie Fritts Composer
William Floyd Live Mixing
Michael H. Goldsen Composer
Brooke Barnett Cover Design
Don Hect Composer
Kevin Houston Engineer
L.E. White Composer
Bekka Bramlett Composer
Gary Nicholson Composer
Lyle Lovett Composer
Don Hecht Composer
David Less Producer,Liner Notes
Peter Chatman Composer
William Lee Conley Broonzy Composer
George Brooks Composer
Willie Nelson Liner Notes
Alan Block Composer
Marcia Ball Composer
Tracy Nelson Composer,Liner Notes
Bobby Charles Composer
Bill Monroe Composer
Mike Dysinger Mixing
Big Bill Broonzy Composer


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Overview
Country-gospel-blues singer Tracy Nelson takes a cue from Johnny Cash and B.B. King by heading to prison to record her first live album. Few singers belt out songs with as much husky power and gutsy intensity as Nelson, and the surroundings lend themselves to performances of Memphis Slim's "Mother Earth" and Big Bill Broonzy's "I Feel So Good" that rank with her most impassioned work. A full band, including horns and a female backing vocalist, churns up exciting arrangements, and everyone seems to have been inspired by the audiences at these shows. Recorded in front of two separate crowds divided by gender, the enthusiastic response pushes Nelson and her band to superb heights. Guitarist Sam Stafford is particularly fiery, especially playing slide on "I Feel So Good." Incendiary versions of Patsy Cline's "Walkin' After Midnight" and Bessie Smith's "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair," the latter obviously custom-picked for this audience, elicit a rowdy response that is channeled back into Nelson's set. Even run-of-the-mill swamp rockers such as "Be Good to Me Baby," "Strongest Weakness," and "Got a New Truck" -- the latter co-written with Marcia Ball -- are elevated by Nelson's attack. The straight-ahead country of "After the Fire Is Gone" turns into a near gospel frenzy, as does a cover of Lyle Lovett's partly humorous "God Will." There are few singers with a voice as naturally passionate as Tracy Nelson's, and none who effortlessly combine genres with such skill. The album makes a case for more live shows to be recorded in prisons, and is a worthy successor to those that already have been. ~ Hal Horowitz
Product Details
Release Date: | 06/17/2003 |
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Label: | Memphis International |
UPC: | 0823862200421 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Tracy Nelson Primary Artist,Piano,VocalsToni Sehulster Bass (Electric)
Shane Stafford Guitar
Vickie Carrico Vocals (Background)
Charlie Wood Organ,Piano
Scott Thompson Trumpet
Jim Spake Clarinet,Sax (Tenor),Sax (Soprano),Sax (Baritone)
Technical Credits
Brad Blackwood MasteringDelbert McClinton Composer
Lewis Simpkins Composer
Public Domain Composer
Donnie Fritts Composer
William Floyd Live Mixing
Michael H. Goldsen Composer
Brooke Barnett Cover Design
Don Hect Composer
Kevin Houston Engineer
L.E. White Composer
Bekka Bramlett Composer
Gary Nicholson Composer
Lyle Lovett Composer
Don Hecht Composer
David Less Producer,Liner Notes
Peter Chatman Composer
William Lee Conley Broonzy Composer
George Brooks Composer
Willie Nelson Liner Notes
Alan Block Composer
Marcia Ball Composer
Tracy Nelson Composer,Liner Notes
Bobby Charles Composer
Bill Monroe Composer
Mike Dysinger Mixing
Big Bill Broonzy Composer
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