Marcia Ball – Peace, Love & BBQ

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Description

Release Date:  2008

Label:  Alligator Records

 

Track List

1.Party Town 4:16
2.Peace, Love & BBQ 4:06
3.Miracle In Knoxville 5:07
4.Watermelon Time 4:04
5.Down In The Neighborhood 4:03
6.Where Do You Go? 4:08
7.My Heart And Soul 3:14
8.I’ll Never Be Free 5:03
9.Married Life 3:22
10.Falling Back In Love With You 4:52
11.Right Back In It 3:50
12.Ride It Out 5:04
13.I Wish You Well 4:42

 

Personnel

  • Marcia Ball – accordion, piano, vocals
  • Mac Rebennack – clavinet, organ, vocals, chorus
  • Stephen Bruton – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, chorus
  • Wayne Toups – accordion, chorus
  • Corey Keller – drums, chorus
  • Mike Keller – electric guitar, chorus
  • Terrance Simien – accordion, chorus
  • David Barard, Don Bennett – bass
  • Barry “Frosty” Smith – congas, triangle, bongos, cowbell
  • Herman Ernest III – drums
  • Cindy Cashdollar – lap steel guitar
  • Ian McLagan – organ
  • Thad Scott, Lon Price – saxaphone
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet, trombone
  • Don Bennett, Sydney Scott – chorus
  • Chris Gage, Christine Albert, Terry Tucker, Tracy Nelson, Vickie Carrico – harmony vocals

 

Notes

This is Marcia’s tenth studio release and eight of the 13 tunes are either written or co-written by the lanky pianist/singer, and all are up to her usual standards. Horns — some arranged by the legendary Wardell Quezergue, who has worked with Fats Domino and Professor Longhair — punctuate five tracks and add even more hot sauce to the proceedings. Stephen Bruton’s nimble production keeps the sound open and spacious by highlighting Ball’s voice in the mix. Tracy Nelson returns from the album she, Irma Thomas, and Ball jointly released to provide duet vocals on the melancholy “Where Do You Go?,” a moving ballad they co-wrote. The festive cuts display Ball’s energetic delivery with Bobby Charles’ New Orleans loving “Party Town” kicking off the proceedings. Wayne Toups provides Cajun accordion for the frisky “Married Life,” and “Right Back on It” references a Chuck Berry goes to Louisiana approach that’s right down Ball’s alley. Dr. John adds his distinctive croak to “I’ll Never Be Free,” a classic American standard that allows both singers a chance to croon and swoon and is reminiscent of the version Louis Armstrong performed with Ella Fitzgerald. Ball taps the Bill Withers catalog for “I Wish You Well,” a terrific closing tune that gives saxist Thad Scott room to let loose. The most gripping moment, though, is Ball’s own “Miracle in Knoxville.” It’s a riveting story about a preacher being struck down dead in front of a tent revival where he was baptizing the believers. The eerie track is rather incongruously stuck between the playful title tune and the lighthearted funk of “Watermelon Time” but shows the singer/songwriter can compose lyrics that deal with more serious subjects than her usual fare. Like that man of the cloth, Ball might be preaching to the converted with Peace, Love & BBQ, but it’s a sermon well worth hearing.

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