New Orleans-based blues rock singer and piano player Marcia Ball returns with the spirited PEACE LOVE AND BBQ. Ball's first album written and recorded since the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, PEACE LOVE AND BBQ exemplifies the resilient ...
Personnel: Marcia Ball (vocals, piano); Stephen Bruton (acoustic & electric guitar, mandolin); James Pennebaker (guitar, lap steel, baritone guitar, fiddle); Pat Boyack (gutiar); Wayne Toups (accordion); Johnny Nicholas (harmonica, backgrou...
/Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson.Personnel: Marcia Ball (vocals, piano); Irma Thomas, Tracy Nelson (vocals); Michael Toles (acoustic & electric guitars); Ed Petersen, Joe Cabral, Derek Huston (tenor saxophone); Victor Goines (baritone saxophone...
Though purists may quibble about her interpretations of classic material, just about everyone acknowledges that Marcia Ball is one fine songwriter. Blue House contains eight gems of swamp boogie fusion delivered in Ball's supple, slinky voi...
Additional musicians include John Blondell, Angela Strehli, Lou Ann Barton.Marcia Ball explored R&B and honky tonk country on this album, keeping her blues chops in order while expanding her repertoire. She included a pair of tunes by co...
Marcia Ball got things started in a celebratory fashion on her debut Rounder release, doing the title track in a taunting, challenging manner aided by flashy guitar riffs from Stevie Ray Vaughan. From there, she artfully displayed other sid...