Rosie Flores - Girl of the Century '2009

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Chauffeur
02. This Little Girls Gone Rockin'
03. Halfway Home
04. I Ain't Got You
05. Dark Enough At Midnight
06. Little Bells
07. Get Rhythm
08. Last Song
09. You're the One
10. This Cat's in the Doghouse
11. Who's Gonna Take Your Garbage Out?
12. Girl of the Century

Rosie Flores was born to late to be tagged "the Female Elvis," which is just as
well. Although she's made her reputation singing and playing rockabilly,
primitive R&B, and early rock-flavored tunes, she has a further-ranging taste
than Elvis ever had, and has also written some of the best tunes in her
repertoire. Girl of the Century is another strong outing from a woman with
plenty of gems in her catalog. With the backing of the Pine Valley Cosmonauts,
Bloodshot's de facto house band, led by head Mekon Jon Langford, Flores turns in
another collection of sassy, sizzling tunes that pay tribute to the roots of
American music. Flores purrs her way through Memphis Minnie's "Chauffeur Blues"
here titled simply "Chauffeur." "This Little Girl's Gone Rockin', a rockabilly
gem from the '50s, swings like mad with some fine fretwork from Flores,
Langford, and John Rice. "I Ain't Got You," Calvin Carter's 1956 hit for Billy
Boy, later covered by the Yardbirds and Aerosmith, is transformed into a
laid-back rockabilly number, and Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm" is pure
boogie-woogie with Tom Ray's standup bass supplying a big, fat bottom. Original
tunes include Langford's "Halfway Home," a loping country tune with a hint of
reggae in its rhythm, the sad tale of an underemployed wanderer who meets a sad
fate at the hands of the cops marked by mournful fiddling by Rice, "This Cat's
in the Doghouse" an exuberant rockabilly number with Flores turning in a spunky
hiccoughing vocal, and the title track, an uncharacteristically somber country
tune in waltz time with Langford's rippling bluesy piano complementing Flores'
tortured lead vocal.



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