180g Audiophile Vinyl Double LP!
Featuring R&B Classics "Yes, I'm Ready", "I Can't Get Next To You" & More!
Dee Dee Bridgewater, real name Denise Eileen Garret born in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American jazz, rhythm & blues singer and has recorded more than 20 high class soul and R&B albums since 1974. She worked with many of the leading jazz musicians, like Chick Corea, Lenny White, and Stanley Clarke, and is a three-time Grammy Award-winning-singer-songwriter.
Memphis Yes, I'm Ready is, in her own words, "the going-home project" where she sings classic R&B songs and honors her Memphis born soul. The opening title-track "Yes, I'm Ready" was written by Barbara Mason and covered by numerous artists, "Giving Up" was written by legendary soul artist Van McCoy, the hit-single "I Can't Stand The Rain" was co-written by and a smash-hit for Ann Peebles. Additionally there are more familiar songs: "Don't Be Cruel" written by Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog", B. B King's "The Thrill Is Gone" and all of the remaining tracks are fine examples of vintage "Soulsville" standards.
This brand-new album was produced at Royal Studios, the Memphis studio where producer Willie Mitchell cut a string of hits with Al Green, Rod Stewart, Keith Richards, Boz Scaggs and even Mark Ronson's (featuring Bruno Mars) "Uptown Funk" was recorded at the same facility. Willie's son Lawrence co-produced the sessions along with Dee Dee and her daughter Tulani Bridgewater.
"That Bridgewater delivers on soul classics such as 'Yes, I'm Ready,' 'Try a Little Tenderness,' and 'B.A.B.Y.' is not a great surprise, but her transformation of B.B. King's blues perennial 'The Thrill Is Gone' into a smoky late-night groove is both unexpected and welcome, and she works an impressive transformation on two numbers associated with Elvis Presley, 'Don't Be Cruel' and 'Hound Dog,' finding a tough R&B center inside them. 'The Sweeter He Is' gives Dee Dee a chance to open up her soul and tell us some home truths about cheating men, and the closing performance of the gospel standard '(Take My Hand) Precious Lord' is glorious. Dee Dee Bridgewater strips off some of the polish from her style on Memphis...Yes, I'm Ready without betraying her talent or best musical instincts, and this detour into Soul City is a treat that should please her fans, as well as anyone who digs Southern soul." - Mark Deming, allmusic.com
Features:
180g Audiophile Vinyl
Double LP
Gatefold sleeve
Insert
Import
Selections:
Side One:
1. Yes, I'm Ready
2. Giving Up
3. I Can't Get Next To You
Side Two:
1. Going Down Slow
2. Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
3. B.A.B.Y.
Side Three:
1. The Thrill Is Gone
2. The Sweeter He Is
3. I Can't Stand The Rain
Side Four:
1. Don't Be Cruel
2. Hound Dog
3. Try A Little Tenderness
4. (Take My Hand) Precious Lord
Featuring R&B Classics "Yes, I'm Ready", "I Can't Get Next To You" & More!
Dee Dee Bridgewater, real name Denise Eileen Garret born in Memphis, Tennessee, is an American jazz, rhythm & blues singer and has recorded more than 20 high class soul and R&B albums since 1974. She worked with many of the leading jazz musicians, like Chick Corea, Lenny White, and Stanley Clarke, and is a three-time Grammy Award-winning-singer-songwriter.
Memphis Yes, I'm Ready is, in her own words, "the going-home project" where she sings classic R&B songs and honors her Memphis born soul. The opening title-track "Yes, I'm Ready" was written by Barbara Mason and covered by numerous artists, "Giving Up" was written by legendary soul artist Van McCoy, the hit-single "I Can't Stand The Rain" was co-written by and a smash-hit for Ann Peebles. Additionally there are more familiar songs: "Don't Be Cruel" written by Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog", B. B King's "The Thrill Is Gone" and all of the remaining tracks are fine examples of vintage "Soulsville" standards.
This brand-new album was produced at Royal Studios, the Memphis studio where producer Willie Mitchell cut a string of hits with Al Green, Rod Stewart, Keith Richards, Boz Scaggs and even Mark Ronson's (featuring Bruno Mars) "Uptown Funk" was recorded at the same facility. Willie's son Lawrence co-produced the sessions along with Dee Dee and her daughter Tulani Bridgewater.
"That Bridgewater delivers on soul classics such as 'Yes, I'm Ready,' 'Try a Little Tenderness,' and 'B.A.B.Y.' is not a great surprise, but her transformation of B.B. King's blues perennial 'The Thrill Is Gone' into a smoky late-night groove is both unexpected and welcome, and she works an impressive transformation on two numbers associated with Elvis Presley, 'Don't Be Cruel' and 'Hound Dog,' finding a tough R&B center inside them. 'The Sweeter He Is' gives Dee Dee a chance to open up her soul and tell us some home truths about cheating men, and the closing performance of the gospel standard '(Take My Hand) Precious Lord' is glorious. Dee Dee Bridgewater strips off some of the polish from her style on Memphis...Yes, I'm Ready without betraying her talent or best musical instincts, and this detour into Soul City is a treat that should please her fans, as well as anyone who digs Southern soul." - Mark Deming, allmusic.com
Features:
180g Audiophile Vinyl
Double LP
Gatefold sleeve
Insert
Import
Selections:
Side One:
1. Yes, I'm Ready
2. Giving Up
3. I Can't Get Next To You
Side Two:
1. Going Down Slow
2. Why (Am I Treated So Bad)
3. B.A.B.Y.
Side Three:
1. The Thrill Is Gone
2. The Sweeter He Is
3. I Can't Stand The Rain
Side Four:
1. Don't Be Cruel
2. Hound Dog
3. Try A Little Tenderness
4. (Take My Hand) Precious Lord
