Zora Young - Learned My Lesson (2000)

1 	Pity Party 	4:51
2 	The Lord Helps Those Who Help Themselves 	5:59
3 	Nutbush City Limits 	3:51
4 	Better Off With The Blues 	6:14
5 	Girl Friend 	3:09
6 	Blues Fallin' Down Like Rain 	5:03
7 	My Man's An Undertaker 	4:07
8 	Damn Your Eyes 	4:33
9 	Learned My Lesson 	5:18
10 	Brain Damage 	5:19
11 	Living In The U.S.A. 	3:38
12 	Please Send Me Someone To Love 	5:37
13 	Feel Like Stroking 	4:59
14 	Johnny B. 	5:03

Backing Vocals, Arranged By – Roberta Thomas (tracks: 1,2,3,12)
Bass – Johnny Gayden
Drums – Tim Austin
Guitar – Danny Draher (tracks: 2,3,8,9,13,14), James Wheeler (tracks: 1,4,5,7,10,11)
Piano, Organ – Ken Saydak
Tenor Saxophone – John Brumbach (tracks: 6,8,14)
Vocals – Zora Young

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, AllMusic Review

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