23.05.2008.

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TRACY NELSON & MOTHER EARTH
- The Best Of (1996)

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Janis Joplin may have gotten all of the fame and glory, but she was far from the only white female blues shouter to emerge from the San Francisco music scene of the mid-'60s; "The Best of Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth" is proof positive of that, providing an excellent introduction to one of the more sadly overlooked talents of her time and place. Despite any number of passing similarities to Joplin, Nelson sings with greater finesse; her style is more adaptable as well, capable of fitting comfortably into R&B, psychedelia, and pop ballads, all the while remaining grounded in classic roots music traditions. Highlighted by her perennial "Down So Low" - subsequently recorded by everyone from Linda Ronstadt to Etta James - this 17-track compilation also spotlights performances spanning from a wrenching cover of Little Willie John's "Need Your Love So Bad" to contemporary material like Steve Young's "Seven Bridges Road" and John Hiatt's "Thinking of You," offering a comprehensive overview of her earliest and most enduring work.

01. Down So Low
02. Cry On
03. Goodnight Nelda Greb (The Telephone Company Has Cut Us Off)
04. Mother Earth
05. Won't Be Long
06. Need Your Love So Bad
07. Soul of a Man
08. Satisfied
09. Ruler of My Heart
10. Temptation Took Control of Me (And I Fell)
11. Soul of Sadness
12. Tonight the Sky's About to Cry
13. I'll Be Long Gone
14. Seven Bridges Road
15. Tennessee Blues
16. Thinking of You
17. I Don't Do That Kind of Thing Anymore
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