Now how about a downbeat song for a rainy day? “It Sho Ain’t Me” is the third track on the album So Fine, coming right after the irrepressible “Betcha Can’t Kiss Me (Just One Time)” and “Ain’t Nobody’s Business.” The album notes credit this song to M. Rice. I’m going to assume that’s Mack Rice, […]
Category Archives: Ike & Tina Turner
3 O’Clock in the Morning Blues
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
It’s about time I got to some stuff from Outta Season, an album of mostly blues covers they released in 1969. I’m currently reading Takin’ Back My Name: the Confessions of Ike Turner, a fascinating and entertaining autobiography. He mentions that he recorded both Outta Season and The Hunter in four hours. [Unrelated, but too […]
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Monday, March 3, 2008
Ike and Tina used to perform this song in their live show, and included it on the 1965 live album, The Ike and Tina Turner Show, Vol. 1. “I Can’t Stop Loving You” is a country song that was popularized by Ray Charles in the ’50s and subsequently covered by all sorts of people. Willie […]
Ian on Ike
Monday, March 3, 2008
Very excellent discovery today: Ian Svenonius, one of my favorite musician/writers, wrote a piece on Ike Turner. Read it here.
Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Today is a lovely spring day, full of robins and sunshine. I’m feeling so happy that I’m going to treat you to “Ain’t Nobody’s Business.” Pretend it’s 1968 and you’ve just bought the So Fine album. The first song on side 1 is the infectious “Betcha Can’t Kiss Me (Just One Time),” and it’s followed […]
You Got What You Wanted
Thursday, February 28, 2008
As promised, here is another song from the excellent Cussin’, Cryin’ and Carryin’ On album. “You Got What You Wanted” is one of my favorite Ike-penned songs ever. This is a real cool bluesy rock song, and it is nuts that (as far as I can tell) no one has covered it. Bands of the […]
Cussin’, Cryin’ and Carryin’ On
Monday, February 25, 2008
This is the title track from another LP they released in 1969. I love this album, and it was hard to choose which song to write about first. “Cussin’, Cryin’ and Carryin’ On” is a knockout song title, so it won. Ike has a nice, laid-back guitar part and the Kings of Rhythm rock along […]
Bold Soul Sister
Saturday, February 23, 2008
There was one song on The Hunter LP that was not a cover: “Bold Soul Sister,” written by Ike and Tina and sounding like a James Brown cut. It was a modest hit single for Ike and Tina, getting to #59 on the pop charts in 1970. This is a hot number, with Ike getting […]
The Hunter
Thursday, February 21, 2008
This is the title track from a 1969 album. . .one of six LPs they released that year. Of those six, two of them were released on Blue Thumb Records: The Hunter and Outta Season. The Blue Thumb releases were almost entirely blues covers, and Ike is really in his element on these discs. The […]
All I Can Do Is Cry
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
It’s not as much fun listening to the tired-out Tina of the 1970s, so I’m going back to the early Ike and Tina shows for today’s song. “All I Can Do Is Cry” appeared on Live! The Ike and Tina Show, Volume 2, an album they released in 1965. I don’t have this album, so […]