Marcia Ball – The Tattooed Lady & The Alligator Man (CD)
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Marcia Ball has been a cornerstone of the Gulf Coast piano tradition for decades, carrying the torch of New Orleans R&B and Texas blues with the kind of road-worn authenticity that can't be manufactured. Born in Orange, Texas and long rooted in Austin, she came up alongside Clifton Chenier's zydeco scene and the fertile Texas music community of the 1970s, and that deep regional DNA runs through everything she plays.
The title track of singer/songwriter/pianist Marcia Ball's new album, The Tattooed Lady And The Alligator Man, is an irresistible tale of true love at the traveling carnival. It's a story that nobody but Ball could spin, filled with vivid details, universal truths, and a rambunctious sense of fun and desire. With raucous horns punctuating Ball's legendary piano pounding and emotional, melodic vocals, the song kicks off a CD of eleven dazzling originals and one stirring cover. The release mixes Ball's Gulf Coast blues, New Orleans R&B, swampy Louisiana ballads, and jumping, Tex-Mex flavored zydeco into a one-of-a-kind musical gumbo, a sound she has been perfecting over the course of her legendary career.
Tracklist
UPC: 014551496427
Label: Alligator Records
Release Date: 9.23.14
Format: CD