Search - Marcia Ball :: Blue House

Chuck D. (cedennis) from SOMERVILLE, MA
Reviewed on 4/10/2011...

Marcia Ball never fails to please. Great voice, great piano, great sidemen, and great tunes. I think I love her.

First experience with Marcia

02/03/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I first heard Marcia Ball wailing out a song on the radio when I was traveling through Glenwood Springs Colorado several years ago. The beat and lyrics of 'I keep my fingernails long so they click when I play the piano' captivated me so much , I rushed to a phone and called the local radio station to find out who the artist was. That day I purchased this album and have been a fan since. Her unique cajun style and excellant intrumental accompaniment will have you tapping your foot to her music. Enjoy!"

More blues and less rock on this one

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 02/22/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Marcia is a fine singer who writes many of her own songs, though she is never afraid to record covers where they are suitable. Her albums can be almost relentlessly upbeat, as with Hot tamale baby, but this is generally a much sadder album - more like one would expect from a blues singer.Marcia still demonstrates her Jerry Lee-ish piano playing here, on the opening Red beans, the third track Down the road and particularly on her cover of Joe Ely's Fingernails, but those are not typical of this particular album.More typical is the title track, in which Marcia painted her house blue after her man left for good, or St Gabriel, about being sent to prison and later being released with nowhere to go.This is a fine album that demonstrates Marcia's ability to sing a variety of different types of song."