RELEASED 2007
Her 2005 acclaimed release, "I've Got My Own Hell to Raise", brought well-deserved recognition to this R&B maverick who's been recording since the early 60s. Now comes the almost autobiographical "Scene of the Crime". to make music this raw and direct, Bettye enlisted "dirty south" rockers the Drive By Truckers as her backup band. With swampy guitars, slippery Wurlitzer piano, and a driving backline, this record conjures up the spirit of great loose 70s bands like the Faces while offering Bettye an urgent, vital setting for her razor-sharp vocals. Recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL, where she recorded "Child of the Seventies" in 1972 - a masterpiece that was shelved then released 30 years later. Returning to Muscle Shoals was like returning to the scene of a crime; thus the album title, and the intense, personal music within.
TRACKLIST
SIDE 1
I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)
Choices
Jealousy
You Don't Know Me at All
Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
SIDE 2
They Call It Love
Last Time
Talking Old Soldiers
Before the Money Came (The Battle of Bettye Lavette)
I Guess We Shouldn't Talk About That Now
