Bettye LaVette Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook

• The Word
• No Time To Live
• Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
• All My Love
• Isn't It A Pity
• Wish You Were Here
• It Don't Come Easy
• Maybe I'm Amazed
• Salt Of The Earth
• Nights In White Satin
• Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad
• Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
• Love Reign O'er Me (Live from the Kennedy Center Honors)

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Though not held in as high esteem by the general public as, say, Aretha Franklin, Bettye LaVette is indeed soul royalty. And with a pair of acclaimed comeback albums under her belt (both on Anti- and one with the Drive by Truckers backing her), LaVette’s output in the new millennium has proven considerably more viable than that of the Queen herself. Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook arrived in 2010 and was an outgrowth of Lavette’s astounding, soul-deep take on the Who’s “Love Reign O’er” at the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. Among the other artists LaVette tackles here are the Rolling Stones, the Animals, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin. A studio version of “Love Reign O’er Me” is also included.

Abstract by Nate Knaebel