Late Late Nite FDL: The Incredible Bettye Lavette
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 7th, 2008 4:36 am by HL
Late Late Nite FDL: The Incredible Bettye Lavette
Bettye Lavette performs Sleep to Dream & I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got.
Bettye Lavette performs Sleep to Dream & I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got.
What’s on your mind tonight?
September 7th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
These are cuts from her breakthrough 2005 c.d. “I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise”
Since then the ’07 release “The Scene Of The Crime” has garnered her even more long overdue recognition resulting in a Grammy Nomination in ’08.
The video for her “Talkin’ Old Soldiers”, a cover of the Elton John song is quite something.
In black & white with Bettye ‘living’ the song in a way Elton John never imagined much less could pull off.
This lady is pure, original class. The voice, the style, the whole package & presented like no other.