YEAR: 2005
STYLE: BLUES
COUNTRY: USA
FORMAT: mp3@320 kbit/s
SIZE: 103 Mb

"Hope and Desire, Tedeschi's fourth album and her first for Verve Forecast, marks a substantial departure for the versatile artist, presenting Tedeschi in the role of interpretive vocal stylist..."







"She puts a soulful, unmistakably personal spin on a heartfelt set of songs drawn from such diverse sources as Ray Charles ("Tired of My Tears"), the Rolling Stones ("You Got the Silver"), Bob Dylan ("Lord Protect My Child"), Aretha Franklin ("Share Your Love with Me"), Donny Hathaway ("Magnificent Sanctuary Band") and Fontella Bass ("Soul of A Man").

"I love to do my own material and create new stuff, but at the same time, there's so many great songs out there," Tedeschi notes. "What I was really going for was to make a great soul record, and these songs all have soul, in one way or another. They all had different things about them that really stood out for me, and they were all songs that haven't necessarily been heard by a lot of people..."


Although she's widely respected for her fiery guitar work, on Hope and Desire Tedeschi concentrates on singing, leaving the lion's share of the six-string duties to noted young axe hero Doyle Bramhall II. Three of the album's tracks also feature guitar by Tedeschi's husband, Derek Trucks, leader of his own successful group, the Derek Trucks Band, and current member of the Allman Brothers Band.

The impetus for recording an album of covers initially arose out of circumstance, but Tedeschi quickly embraced the creative challenge of tackling outside material. "I had just written some new songs with my band," she explains, "but with the birth of my daughter, Sophia, most of them weren't really finished yet, so I didn't feel like we were ready to make that record yet. I’ve wanted to record some old tunes by other artists that I admire for a while and it seemed like the right time..."


TRACKLIST:

1. YOU GOT THE SILVER (2:54)
(Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
2. SOUL OF A MAN (3:17)
(Oliver Sain)
3. LORD PROTECT MY CHILD (4:45)
(Bob Dylan)
4. TIRED OF MY TEARS (2:44)
(James E. Holiday)
5. SHARE YOUR LOVE WITH ME (3:49)
(Deadric Malone, Alfred Braggs)
6. EVIDENCE (3:43)
(George Jackson, Raymond Moore)
7. SWEET FORGIVENESS (4:49)
(Iris DeMent)
8. SECURITY (2:57)
(Otis Redding)
9. LOVING YOU IS SWEETER THAN EVER (3:58)
(Stevie Wonder)
10. MAGNIFICENT SANCTUARY BAND (3:00)
(Dorsey Burnette)
11. FOLLOW (6:49)
(Jerry Merrick)
12. THE DANGER ZONE (2:43)
(Percy Mayfield)

Produced By JOE HENRY.


"To produce the project, Tedeschi chose Joe Henry, the acclaimed singer/songwriter whose production work for the likes of Solomon Burke, Aimee Mann, Jim White and Bettye Lavette demonstrates his knack for preserving spontaneous moments of musical transcendence. It was Henry who suggested recording the album with a cast of hand-picked players rather than Tedeschi's longstanding band. In addition to guitarist Bramhall, the studio band included bassist Paul Bryan (Aimee Mann, Martha Wainwright) and drummer Jay Bellerose (Paula Cole, Suzanne Vega) - both of whom Tedeschi had known during her days at Boston's Berklee College of Music - and keyboardists Jebin Bruni and David Palmer. Also guesting on the sessions was legendary gospel group the Blind Boys of Alabama, who lend their unmistakable vocal firepower to "Magnificent Sanctuary Band..."


MUSICIANS:

*Susan Tedeschi - Vocals, Guitar
*Doyle Bramhall II - Acoustic & Electric Guitars
*Derek Trucks - Electric Guitar, Dobro
*David Palmer - Piano, Electric Piano, Hammond B-3 Organ
*Jebin Bruni - Hammond B-3 Organ
*Paul Bryan - Bass
*Jay Bellerose - Drums & Percussion
*Niki Harris, Blind Boys Of Alabama, Jean McClain - Backvocals



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