Blues to the Bone


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.

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" - 3:34
  2. "Don't Start Me to Talking" - 2:52
  3. "Hush Hush" - 3:34
  4. "Lil' Red Rooster" - 3:54
  5. "That's Alright" - 3:42
  6. "Crawlin' King Snake" - 5:32
  7. "Dust My Broom" - 3:35
  8. "The Sky Is Crying" - 3:59
  9. "Smokestack Lightnin'" - 6:50
  10. "You Shook Me" - 3:51
  11. "Driving Wheel" - 2:59
  12. "Honey, Don't Tear My Clothes" - 3:31

Personnel