Matriarch of the Blues

Tracklist

• 1
  Gotta Serve Somebody
  6:48
• 2
  Don't Let My Baby Ride
  5:15
• 3
  Rhymes
  4:36
• 4
  Try a Little Tenderness
  4:46
• 5
  Miss You
  6:00
• 6
  Hawg for Ya
  3:44
• 7
  You're Gonna Make Me Cry
  6:18
• 8
  Walking the Back Streets
  7:08
• 9
  Let's Straighten It Out
  5:24
• 10
  Born on the Bayou
  4:41
• 11
  Come Back Baby
  5:56
• 12
  Hound Dog
  3:43

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Release credits

• Bobby Murray
  guitar [1, 1-3, 3-4, 4-8, 8-9, 9-11, 11-12], solo [1, 3-4, 8-9, 11]
• David K. Mathews
  Wurlitzer electric piano [4-5, 10], clavinet [2], electric piano [2], keyboard [9], piano [6-8, 11-12]
• Donto James
  drums (drum set), mix, percussion [1-5, 9], producer, recording
• Etta James
  background vocals [1, 11], lead vocals
• Goldman Redding
  background vocals [1, 3, 11]
• Jimmy Z
  baritone saxophone [1-3, 5, 8, 11], harmonica [5-6], tenor saxophone [1-5, 8, 11]
• Josh Sklair
  acoustic guitar [5, 9], electric guitar [5, 9], guitar [1, 3-4, 6-8, 10-12], keyboard [3], slide guitar [2]
• Lee Thornburg
  trumpet [1-3, 5, 7-8, 11], valve trombone [1-5, 7-8, 11]
• Leo Nocentelli
  guitar [2, 5, 10, 12], solo [2, 10, 12]
• Mike Finnigan
  Hammond organ [1-2, 4-5, 7-8], vocal [7]
• Ross Locke
  background vocals [1, 3], percussion [10]
• Sametto James
  assistant, bass, mix, producer
• Tom Poole
  trumpet [1-5, 8, 11]

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  Matriarch of the Blues

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