Learned My Lesson

by Zora Young

Overview

All the songs played in Chicago blues clubs don't necessarily have 12 bars. Many of Chicago's blues singers are also R&B and/or rock singers, and Zora Young is a prime example. Based in Chi-Town but originally from Mississippi, the expressive singer provides an enjoyable, if derivative, blues/soul/rock mix on her 2000 date Learned My Lesson. Young is far from a blues purist -- while "My Man's an Undertaker" and Young originals like the humorous "Pity Party" are straight-up urban blues, she confidently detours into soul and rock territory on "Girl Friend" (another Young original) and sweaty performances of Ike & Tina Turner's "Nutbush City Limits" and Chuck Berry's "Living in the U.S.A." Meanwhile, Young draws heavily on her gospel background on a passionate version of Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love." No one will accuse Young of being an innovator; drawing on such influences as Koko Taylor and Etta James, she is quite derivative. But a CD doesn't have to be groundbreaking to be likable, and Learned My Lesson is a CD that's easy to like. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	05/08/2001
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153074821
Rank:	129677

Tracks

1. Pity Party
2. The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves
3. Nutbush City Limits
4. Better off With the Blues
5. Girl Friend
6. Blues Fallin' Down Like Rain
7. My Man's an Undertaker
8. Damn Your Eyes
9. Learned My Lesson
10. Brain Damage
11. Living in the U.S.A.
12. Please Send Me Someone to Love
13. Feel Like Stroking
14. Johnny B.

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Zora Young   Primary Artist,Vocals
James Wheeler   Guest Artist,Guitar
Ken Saydak   Organ,Piano
Roberta Thomas   Vocals (Background)
Tim Austin   Drums
John Brumbach   Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Steve Wagner   Production Engineer,Production Supervisor
Ken Saydak   Composer,Producer,Liner Notes
Chuck Berry   Composer
Gary Nicholson   Composer
Eddie Kirkland   Composer
Zora Young   Composer
Robert G. Koester   Production Engineer,Production Supervisor
Percy Mayfield   Composer
Roberta Thomas   Arranger
Thomas Kirkland   Composer
Tina Turner   Composer
Mamie Thomas   Composer
Andrew Thomas   Composer
Barbara Wyrick   Composer
Delbert McClinton   Composer
Johnny Copeland   Composer
Donnie Fritts   Composer
Bill Chinnock   Composer
Kate Hoddinott   Design
James Fraher   Photography
Steve Bogard   Composer
Paul Serrano   Engineer