We've Always Had the Blues [PA]

Performer: Ike & Tina Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Distributor: Allegro Corporation (Dist

Notes: Personnel: Ike Turner (vocals, guitar); Tina Turner (vocals). Liner Note Author: Alfie Falckenbach. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THE BLUES collects a pair of Ike and Tina Turner releases from 1969--THE HUNTER and OUTTA SEASON-- on which the husband and wife R&B machine tried their hand at interpreting blues classics. The results are as fiery and riveting as one might expect, showcasing Ike's stinging guitar licks and Tina's alternately turbo-charged and broken-winged vocals. Songs by B.B. King, Elmore James, Jimmy Reed, and Lowell Fulsom are covered, with "Bold Soul Sister," "I Smell Trouble," and "Dust My Broom" among the highlights. Ike & Tina fans should rejoice at the CD twofer compilation of these hard-to-find LPs.

While Ike Turner helped lay the foundations of rock & roll and Tina Turner went on to become one of the most successful female singers in pop history, some would argue that the duo made their best music together. Ike & Tina began working together in the early 1960s when Ike discovered the young singer Anna Mae Bullock and transformed her into the smoldering, seemingly unstoppable musical force known as Tina Turner. Their artistic run--which produced soul/R&B/pop classics such as "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," "River Deep Mountain High," and their near earth-moving version of "Proud Mary"--was eclipsed in intensity only by the tumultuous nature of their marriage. Both facets of their partnership came to an end in the mid 1970s.

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