More from the great Bettye LaVette

One of the baddest soul funk R&B artists the planet has ever seen or heard, Bettye LaVette has that "it" thing that will rock your world. Never contrived or jive, she is always believable and authentic.

This particular live performance of Bettye, featured below, happens to be a cover of a Lucinda Williams song titled Joy which Lucinda wrote for her own 1998 album titled Car Wheels On A Gravel Road. In 2005 Bettye LaVette recorded Joy for her own album titled I've Got My Own Hell To Raise. This particular live performance is solid, just like everything Bettye sings. Enjoy!

Bettye LaVette - Joy


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Hear/see more from Bettye LaVette in our previous posts:

http://www.musicload.com/2011/08/bettye-lavette-stories-from-segregation.html

http://www.musicload.com/2011/01/bettye-lavette.html

http://www.musicload.com/2009/01/who-is-bettye-lavette-she-is-someone.html

Bettye LaVette - Stories from Segregation 'til Present - Live at Joe's Pub NYC

Bettye LaVette is a woman who, to me, is as real of a deal as it gets. When she sings a song, I believe it. She always sends tingles my spine, for I know she's lived it and her soulful voice is right on it. Having lived through the segregation era herself and having performed at President Obama's inauguration, she has stories to tell, such as recalling her friend Sam Cooke just before she performs his song in this next video. Enjoy! GC

Bettye LaVette performs A Change is Gonna Come - Live at Joe's Pub, NYC - 3/8/09


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Most concise thing that can be said about Bettye LaVette is when she sings, she is as real as real gets. Just below is a fabulous take of a song titled I Still Want to Be Your Baby which as originally recorded by Eddie Hinton and titled Take Me Like I Am. This recording is from Bettye's 2007 album titled The Scene Of The Crime. Enjoy! GC

Bettye LaVette - I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)" (Eddie Hinton)


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