Blues

Ike Turner - Bad Dreams (1973/2012)

2021-02-18T12:27:26Z

Ike Turner - Bad Dreams (1973/2012)


1. These Dreams
2. That's How Much I Love You
3. One Nite Stand
4. Dust My Broom
5. Don't Hold Your Breath
6. (You Can Have) The City
7. Flockin' With You
8. Take A Walk With Me
9. You Won't Let Me Go
10. Later For Your Baby
11. Rats
12. I Love The Way You Love

Left to his own devices, Ike Turner recorded some of the most flat-out weird solo records in the annals of R&B -- Bad Dreams is as fascinating for its flaws as its virtues, careening between fiery blues and soul covers and deeply eccentric spoken monologues. In a sense it's the quintessential Ike LP, because Lord knows you have to take the good with the bad wherever he's concerned. Still, the rambling discourse on rats is a lot to swallow. But the good stuff here is really good -- "I Love the Way You Love" and "Take a Walk with Me" kill, and the swamp-psychedelia atmosphere is thicker than Mississippi mud. ---Jason Alkeny, allmusic.com

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Ike & Tina Turner - The Blues (2013)

2014-05-08T15:51:10Z

Ike & Tina Turner - The Blues (2013)


1	Suffering With the Blues (Live) 		2:19 	
2	Proud Mary (Live) 		6:58 	
3	A Fool For You 		5:09 	
4	Rock Me Baby 		2:46 	
5	Down & Out (Tommy Hodge: Vocal) 		3:08 	
6	I'll Weep No More (Betty Everett: Vocal) 		2:52 	
7	Why I Sing the Blues 		3:28 	
8	I Can't Stop Loving You 		3:31 	
9	Keep On Pushing 		2:14 	
10	Ain't Got Nobody 		2:55 	
11	Got My Mojo Working 		3:17 
12	I Smell Trouble (Live) 		9:50 	
13	Three O'Clock Blues 		2:41 
14	I Idolize You 		2:32 
15	Stormy Weather	3:48 	

Ike & Tina Turner - Primary Artist 
Betty Everett, Tommy Hodge - Vocals

Ike & Tina Turner were one of the most exciting and riveting (in all senses of the word, both on- and off-stage) live acts of the 1960s and early '70s, and their studio work was pretty electric as well. This set mixes both studio and live performances, but it's a bit of a grab bag, with a couple of the tracks sung by other vocalists (Tommy Hodge sings "Down & Out" while Betty Everett sings "I'll Weep No More"), although the energy level is still mostly there. --- Steve Leggett, allmusic.com

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Ike Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)

2012-06-15T17:18:18Z

Ike & Tina Turner - River Deep - Mountain High (1966)


01. River Deep, Mountain High (Phil Spector - Jeff Barry - Ellie Greenwich) - 3:31
02. I Idolize You (Ike Turner) - 3:40
03. A Love Like Yours (Don't Come Knocking Every Day) (Holland - Dozier - Holland) - 3:02
04. A Fool In Love (Ike Turner) - 3:06
05. Make 'Em Wait (Ike Turner) - 2:14
06. Hold On Baby (P.Spector - J.Barry - E.Greenwich) - 2:57
07. I'll Never Need You More Than This (P.Spector - J.Barry - E.Greenwich) - 3:27
08. Save The Last Dance For Me (Doc Pomus - Mort Shuman) - 2:57
09. Oh Baby! (Things Ain't What They Used To Be) (Kent Harris) - 2:42
10. Every Day I Have To Cry (Arthur Alexander) - 2:35
11. Such A Fool For You (Ike Turner) - 2:43
12. It's Gonna Work Out Fine (J.Seneca - J.Michael Lee) - 3:09

Tina Turner – vocals
Ike Turner – guitars, organ
Carol Kaye – bass
Earl Palmer, James Gordon - drums

The Universal Music Group's Hip-O Select imprint, devoted to pricey, quality reissues of gems from the company's extensive archives, here hits upon the legendary, if compromised Ike & Tina Turner album River Deep -- Mountain High. The title song was Phil Spector's last major effort, a Wall of Sound production from 1966 that hit in the U.K. but flopped in the U.S., leading to his retirement. There were a few other Spector tracks with the Turners (actually, only Tina appears on "River Deep -- Mountain High"), and an album was scheduled on Spector's Philles Records label. Discs were printed for a 1967 release, but no covers, and the LP never appeared. Two years later, A&M Records (its catalog now controlled by Universal) finally put it out. It turned out that Spector hadn't produced a whole album's worth of material; in addition to his productions ("A Love Like Yours [Don't Come Knocking Every Day]," "I'll Never Need More Than This," "Save the Last Dance for Me," and the title song), Ike Turner had produced a batch of typical Ike & Tina material, including remakes of their early-‘60s hits "A Fool in Love," "I Idolize You," and "It's Gonna Work Out Fine." Turner's simple, direct R&B production style has nothing in common with Spector's everything-but-the-kitchen-sink style, so the resulting collection is full of odd juxtapositions in sound. But no matter who's in the producer's chair, the center of the music is still Tina Turner, emoting for all she's worth. –William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com

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Ike Turner – Blues Roots (1972)

2011-07-25T18:54:17Z

Ike Turner – Blues Roots (1972)


01. You're Still My Baby (2:58)
02. Tacks In My Shoes (2:58)
03. The Things I Used To Do (2:57)
04. Goin' Home (3:01)
05. Lawdy Miss Clawdy (1:37)		play
06. Right On (4:45)
07. Think (2:59)
08. Rockin' Blues (2:48)
09. That's Alright (2:59)			play
10. My Babe (3:22)
11. Broken Hearted (3:29)
12. If You Love Me Like You Say (3:02)

The title's no joke: Blues Roots is the lean, mean collection of blues standards Ike Turner (1931-2007) long promised to deliver, crafted with real conviction and energy. Turner cut the album in his home studio and played all the instruments himself, which contributes significantly to the music's raw, earthy appeal. Even his deadpan vocals work in this context. But whatever its other virtues, Blues Roots is first and foremost a showcase for Turner's blistering guitar, several cuts are instrumentals, in fact. And don\'t worry about authenticity, if anyone\'s lived this music, it's Ike. ~ All Music Guide

By now everyone knows that Ike Turner has passed. Just about every notable publication had an obituary or opinion on Ike and not surprisingly many focused on his well publicized troubles instead of his musical legacy. Serious blues and rock fans know that well before Tina, Ike was a major player on the R&B and blues scene of the 1950’s. Less well known is that even during the Ike & Tina years Ike would occasionally go in the studio with a version of his Kings of Rhythm or members of the Ike & Tina band and cut some roots based records. In 1962 he cut an instrumental album for Sue called Dance With Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm, in 1969 when he was out on tour with the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, he found time to cut the instrumental album A Black Man’s Soul (reissued by Funky Delicacies in 2003), Strange Fruit was another instrumental outing cut in 1972 for United Artists and then there was the aptly titled Blues Roots also cut for United Artists in 1972. it seems Ike was looking back a bit to his early days as Ike and Tina cut a couple of solid blues based albums for Blue Thumb in 1969; Outta Season and The Hunter, the latter featuring an uncredited Albert Collins on guitar. In 1969 he also produced Earl Hooker's Sweet Black Angel for Blue Thumb; supposedly he plays piano but it may in fact be Ike's buddy Ernest Lane but Ike does play guitar on the blistering instrumental "The Mood" that closes the album.

It's a shame Blues Roots hasn't been issued on CD as it features Ike on a dozen blues tracks playing some stinging guitar and singing exceptionally well. Ike reminds me of Earl Hooker in the sense that both were outstanding guitar players who weren't confident vocally, although both were good singers, who relied on a host of others to do the singing. From what I've been able to dig up Turner cut the album in his home studio (the album was cut at Bolic Sound which was a studio Ike himself built) and played all the instruments himself although there's no mention of this on the album itself.

Blues Roots is an earthy, well produced album with some occasionally odd but effective overdubbing and it's clear that Ike was having some fun turning the knobs and experimenting in the studio. At it's heart the album sticks close to the title as Ike puts his unique stamp on covers like Chuck Willis' "You're Still My Baby" and "Broken Hearted" both beautifully sung numbers with Ike crooning quite a bit like Charles Brown with the latter featuring Ike tearing it up on both piano and guitar. Ike proves to be a fine singer and his frequent spoken asides are priceless. "Goin' Home" is another wonderfully sung number with bleating trumpet while "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" and "Think" are fairly faithful covers with the latter boasting some of Ike's dazzling string bending. Ike's impressive fretwork is also showcased on the low-down "Rockin' Blues", a sizzling cover of "That's Alright" backed by some vamping horns, "My Babe" and the slightly chaotic, yet infectious "If You Love Me Like You Say" sporting a wild, rock tinged guitar sound. Finally I have to mention the bizarre "Right On" with a strangely overdubbed vocal as Ike raps out a litany of observations; pearls of wisdom include "I love snow but I hate cold weather, things always go better with Coke" and "Like the rich man he, go out look for the pretty girl, the pretty girl go out looking for the rich man. The two get together – sad news" and "There's one thing about the dark, you can't tell black from white – everything feel alright." Whatever you say Ike!?

I'll be doing an extensive tribute to Ike on the January 13th show. Featured will be a good number of Ike's 1950's sides with the Kings of Rhythm, some of his session work, sides with Tina plus a few other assorted odds and ends including some tracks from Blues Roots. ---sundayblues.org

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Ike & Tina Turner - Jazz And Blues (2009)

2010-02-23T11:27:57Z

Ike & Tina Turner - Jazz And Blues (1995)


01. I Need A Man 
02. Come Together 
03. Put Your Tight Pants 
04. I Idolise You 
05. Shake A Talifeather 
06. Im Movin on 
07. She Belongs to Me 
08. Sweet Rhode Island Red 
09. Give it to Me 
10. My Babe 
11. Keep You Guessing 
12. Golden Empire 
13. I Gotta Man 
14. Keep on Using Me 
15. If You Can Hully Gully 
16. Aint Nobodys Business 
17. Give Me A Chance 
18. Gimme Some Login

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Ike Turner - Risin’ With The Blues (2006)

2009-12-11T11:58:30Z

Ike Turner - Risin’ With The Blues (2006)


1.	Gimme Back My Wig; 
2.	Caldonia; 
3.	Tease Me; 
4.	Goin’ Home Tomorrow; 
5.	Jazzy Fuzzy; 
6.	I Don’t Want Nobody; 
7.	Jesus Loves Me; 
8.	A Love Like Yours; 
9.	Senor Blues; 
10.	Eighteen Long Years; 
11.	Rockin’ Blues; 
12.	After Hours; 
13.	Big Fat Mama; 
14.	Bi Polar.

Ike Turner: lead vocals, guitar, piano. 
The Kings Of Rhythm: 
Mack Johnson, Leo Dumbecki, Ryan Montana: horns; 
Seth Blumberg, Joe Kelly: guitars; 
Ken Frizelle: harp; 
Paul Smith, Ernest Lane: keyboards; 
Kevin Cooper: bass; 
Bill Ray, Matt Long, Harry Jen Frizelle: drums; 
Audrey Madison: backing Vocals (7).

This is how it is. Ike Turner sings like a good-time Captain Beefheart, and his guitar playing stings like inhaling lemonade. He's also one of the legends of popular music, whose course might have been different if it hadn't been for him. On this disc he plays like a man half his age and with a lust for life akin to a man fifty years younger.

Sure, the contemporary touches get in the way, and whilst the music is some way from down home, it has a lot of the qualities that made that music so great. Besides, Ike Turner knows that because he was there, and nothing can take that away from him.

In fact, on the likes of his own "Tease Me," the issue's irrelevant. Turner's a hungry man, figuratively speaking. He doesn't have any qualms about laying that feeling on the listener, and when he and his band nail Fats Domino's inimitable lilt on "Goin' Home Tomorrow," the fact that he doesn't quite hit the vocal has the odd effect of making the performance even more appealing. It's nice to know he's subject to the same human failings as the rest of us.

Lack of range isn't one of these, and Turner and the band do a cover of Horace Silver's "Senor Blues" that'll have the purists feeling queasy. For the rest of us, it's testament to how broad that river of music can be.

What it comes down to is that this is the sound of a man revelling in the years and having himself a high old time. Any qualms we might have just don't seem to matter, and only the very meanest hearts would want to deny him that right. ---Nic Jones, allaboutjazz.com

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