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CDs autographed by Bettye can be purchased through her website.
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Alan Hill - Music Director, keyboards/vocals
Darryl Pierce - drums
Brett Lucas - guitar/vocals
Chuck Bartels - bass/vocals
Influences
My mother, Jim Lewis, Rudy Robinson, Bubbling Brown Sugar, my grandchildren
“There are dozens of really top-drawer female Soul singers in what is a highly competitive field, but few can match the flawless totality of conveyed experience that Bettye LaVette never fails to achieve. She is the consummate artist who can relate on every level. Take Bettye LaVette away from Soul music’s history and there is a gap which no other person I can think of could have filled”. - Dave Godin, the late, esteemed English soul music writer and historian.
"You've got a singer here who is willing to stretch and not content to live in the safety zone. Bettye Lavette's voice is the superb line that connects Lucinda Williams' "Joy" to Dolly Parton's "Little Sparrow" via numbers by Sinead O'Connor and Joan Armatrading. Those songs never sounded better and neither has one of R&B greatest under-acknowledged vocalists"
- Elvis Costello
"Ache has never sounded so funky. Weary, wise, defiant and vulnerable, Bettye's a force of nature... She's outdone herself on this one."
- Bonnie Raitt
“Bettye LaVette’s voice has the kind of earthy urgency that can’t be faked or taught.” – Nashville Scene
“LaVette is the most emotive, emotional singer in the R&B world.”- Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Though she’s gritty and loves to testify, she never overdoes it.”
-The Village Voice
i SAW BETTYE LAST NiGHT AT SUMMER CELEBRATiON AND i WAS WONDERiNG iF YOU GUYS COULD PUT UP THE SONG LiTTLE SPARROW, i WANT iT ON MY PROFiLE REEEEAAALLLY BAD.
HOOORAAAY! Thank You SOOO Much Bettye for the ADD! ...iv'e been seein you much on the TV lately, and lovin every second...Diggin Me Some You!...1lOVE,c
Great show last night! The girls and i really look forward to seeing you in Boston. Nice to meet and chat with you after the show. thank you for the picture!
Thank you for being fiends! Long time ago, i was with my parents in Detroit, 30 years.....ooooohhhh I become old :-) Special greetings from Germany....Marion HELPTWOHAND
The Sledge Grits Band We haven't popped in in a while to say hi, Kariel and Mimi are working on one of your songs, Little Sparrow, to perform at this years Monterey Bay Blues Festival-that way you'll be there in spirit :0) Keiko, bo-Pah and Mr. Grits
I had been waiting for years to experience one of your shows. Last year at Memphis in May, the group I was riding with got discouraged because of the rain and wanted to leave early. I was heart broken! It only took me a year of positive thinging to pull you to a venue even closer to me! My home town! Thanks for such a wonderful show at Chattanooga Riverbend '09! I never realized what a powerful performance you give. Looking forward to many more of your shows! Lynn
Can't wait to see you at Riverbend in Chattanooga next Friday Betty! You will love the area! Sure to be inspiring for some great live music! Love ya, Leesh
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