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Gaye Without Shame
Gaye Adegbalola
Hot Toddy Music HTMCD 2120
2008
Release Date: July 22, 2008! Order now!
Find out more about Gaye's latest CD!
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Tracks
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1.Queer Blues
2. Honest I Do
3. Hungry Woman's Blues
4. The Great Pretender
5. Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On
6. Boy In The Boat
7. Bareback
8. Hold My Hand, Baby
9. It Hurts Me Too
10. Lying Preacher Blues
11. Twisted Mind Blues
12. Tippin' On The Down Low
13. Hetero Twinges
14. Step Parent Blues
15. Let It Be Me
16. Deja Vu Blues
17. "Civil Rights vs. Queer Rights" speech
18. I Ain't Ashamed
Blues Gone Black
Blue Mama Black Son
Hot Toddy Music HTMCD 2020
2006
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Industrial Blues is a new creation. Blues woman, Gaye, and her son, Juno (aka DJ Blacula - The Junabomber) collaborate and merge genres. Juno reworks Gaye's traditional blues songs into programmed sounds with layered rhythms and textures. Gaye then performs her signature vocals with a totally different sound surrounding them. Blues Mama and her Black Son step boldly into unknown territory. This is their musical bloodline.
Blues Gone Black contains 11 songs (5 previously recorded and 6 brand new originals). Total running time -- 48:51.
Tracks
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1. Big Ovaries, Baby
2. The Equalizer
3. Nothing Left to Hold But My Tongue
4. Nothing's Changed
5. And I Cried
6. Miz Thang
7. (Learn to) Settle for Less
8. I Know You Want to Change
-- but Yo' Mama Won't Let You
9. Lying Preacher Blues
10. I Ain't Gon' Wear No Burq'a
11. These Blues Are Mine
Neo-Classic Blues
Gaye Adegbalola with Roddy Barnes
Hot Toddy Music HTMCD1920
2004
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Classic Blues was the first blues - the first blues to be recorded for popular consumption. It was grounded in folk blues combined with vaudeville stylings. It was almost exclusively performed by women who were unashamed to lay their souls bare, unafraid to give advice. In 2004, Adegbalola & Barnes embrace and redfine this style as Neo-Classic Blues.
Neo-Classic Blues contains 20 songs, most from the 1920s and 30s.
In 2005, Outmusic nominated Neo-Classic Blues for two Outmusic Awards: "Outstanding New Recording -- Duo or Group" and "Outstanding Producer." Find out more about the Outmusic Awards.
Tracks
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1. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2. Pigmeat on the Line
3. Crazy Blues
4. Yonder Come the Blues
5. The Dirty Dozens
6. Prove It On Me Blues
7. It's Alright for a Man to Cry
8. See See Rider Blues
9. Twisted Mind Blues
10. Black Eyed Blues
11. Up the Country Blues
12. I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
13. Careless Love Blues
14. Down Hearted Blues
15. Nothing in Rambling
16. Sloppy Drunk
17. How Can I Say I Miss You?
18. BD Woman's Blues
19. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
20. Summer Sky
Bitter Sweet Blues
Gaye Adegbalola
Alligator Records ALCD4870
1999
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Tracks
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1. She Just Wants To Dance
2. Need A Litttle Sugar In My Bowl
3. You Don't Have To Take It (Like I Did)
4. Big Ovaries, Baby
5. Nothing's Changed
6. You Really Got A Hold On Me
7. The Dog Was Here First
8. Front Door Blues
9. Only One Truth
10. Prove It On Me Blues
11. Jail House Blues
12. Images
13. Nightmare
14. Let Go, Let God
Learn to Sing the Blues
Taught by Gaye Adegbalola
DVD (2005) & VHS (1997)
17 Tips For Performing Vocalists
Level 1,2,3,4,5
80-min. video, Includes song lyrics and chords
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W. C. Handy Award-winner Gaye Adegbalola's vocal workshop will help bring your blues songs to life! She identifies 17 key points to help a singer put a song across, and provides technical instruction in breathing, vibrato, the "growl," the octave slur and other elements of singing. Her many "tricks of the trade" will add color and flavor to your blues renditions. Songs include "Fishing Blues," "Hear Me Talkin' To Ya," "Down Home Blues," "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On," "1-800-799-7233," "Dirty Sheets Blues," "Blues is in the House," "Sweet Black Angel," "Coat Hanger Blues," "Staggerlee," "Don't You Feel My Leg" and "C. C. Rider."
Barbara & Tibby: A Love Story - In The Face of Hate
Directed & Produced by Suzanne Moe (Gaye's partner)
2005
DVD - COLOR/38 MIN.
UPC: 0 61432 38822 7
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DVD includes 3 song performances by Gaye.
Visit www.sumoe.com to find out more about this documentary.
Saffire Recordings
Visit the Saffire web site to purchase Saffire recordings and to listen to audio clips from each recording: www.uppityblueswomen.com
SAFFIRE - Deluxe Edition
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records
2006
Tracks
1. Middle Aged Blues Boogie
2. Sloppy Drunk
3. It Takes A Mighty Good Man
4. Ain't Gonna Hush
5. Bitch With A Bad Attitude
6. There's Lightning In These Thunder Thighs
7. Tom Cat Blues
8. (No Need) Pissin' On A Skunk
9. Don't Treat Your Man Like A Dog
10. Because Of You
11. T'aint Nobody's Business
12. Silver Beaver
13. Elevator Man
14. How Can I Say I Miss You?
15. In My Girlish Days
16. School Teacher's Blues
17. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?
18. Falling Back In Love With You
19. Wild Women Don't Have The Blues
20. The Equalizer
Ain't Gonna Hush
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records
2001
Tracks
1. Ain't Gonna Hush
2. It Takes A Mighty Good Man
3. Coffee Flavored Kisses
4. Nobody Ever Touched Me There
5. He Really Makes It Hard For Me To Sing The Blues
6. Blues For Sharon Bottoms
7. You Got To Tell Me
8. Footprints On The Ceiling
9. Let The Gin Do The Talking
10. Unlove You
11. Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox
12. Birthday Suit
13. Happy Birthday To Me
14. Once In A While
15. If I Should Die Tonight
Live & Uppity
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records
1998
Recorded Live at:
The Barns At Wolftrap
Vienna, Virginia
October 17-19, 1997
Tracks
1. Cold Pizza And Warm Beer
2. You'll Never Get Me Out Of Your Mind
3. One Good Man
4. Hold Me Close
5. Silver Beaver
6. Mr. Insurance Man
7. The Thing That You Need
8. 1-800-799-7233
9. You Can Have My Husband
10. Hopin' It'll Be Alright
11. Bitch With A Bad Attitude
12. Dump That Chump
13. Lonely Nights
14. Middle Aged Blues Boogie
15. Crazy
16. Some Cold And Rainy Day
Cleaning House
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records
1996
Tracks
1. Because Of You
2. Hungry Woman's Blues
3. Rocket Ship
4. In My Girlish Days
5. Don't Do It
6. (I'll Be Your) Sweet Black Angel
7. I'd Rather Be Alone
8. Love Me To Death
9. I Lost My Baby To Another Man
10. If Love Hurts (You're Not Doing It Right)
11. Nobody But You
12. I Want My Money Back
13. Blues Is In The House
14. Bad Debt
15. Things Are Seldom What They Seem To Be
16. Tomorrow Ain't Promised
17. The Equalizer
Old, New, Borrowed & Blue
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records
1994
Tracks
1. Fools' Night Out
2. T'aint Nobody's Business
3. You Got To Know How
4. Do Your Duty
5. Roll Mr. Jelly
6. The Clock
7. The Richest Guy In The Graveyard
8. Don't You Tell Me
9. Bitch With A Bad Attitude
10. Sweet Substitute
11. Baby, I'm Wise
12. Falling Back In Love With You
13. There's Lightning In These Thunder Thighs
14. How Can I Say I Miss You?
15. Life Goes On
16. Yonder Comes The Blues
Broad Casting
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records
1992
Tracks
1. One Hour Mama
2. Dump That Chump
3. OBG Why Me Blues
4. Mind Your Own Business
5. Evil Hearted Me
6. If It Had Been A Dog....
7. Seemed Like Such A Good Idea At The Time
8. Ragtime Rag
9. Miz Thang
10. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
11. Twisted Mind Blues
12. Dr. Blues
13. Nobody's Fool
14. Don't Treat Your Man Like A Dog
15. You'd Better Fly Right
16. It's Alright For A Man To Cry
17. Shake The Dew Off The Lily
Hot Flash
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records
1991
Tracks
1. Two In The Bush Is Better Than One In The Hand
2. Sloppy Drunk
3. One Good Man
4. Dirty Sheets
5. Tom Cat Blues
6. Learn To Settle For Less
7. You'll Never Get Me Out Of Your Mind
8. (Mr. Insurnace Man) Take Out That Thing
9. Hopin' It'll Be Alright
10. A Little Bit Of Your Lovin' Goes A Very Long Way
11. Shopping For Love
12. Elevator Man
13. Torch Song #1/Torch Song #2
14. Why Don't You Do Right?
15. Prove Me Wrong
16. (No Need) Pissin' On A Skunk
SAFFIRE - The Uppity Blues Women
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records
1990
Tracks
1. Middle Aged Blues Boogie
2. Take It On Back
3. Annie's Blues
4. Even Yuppies Get The Blues
5. Drown In My Own Tears
6. Three Time Loser
7. Fess Up When You Mess Up
8. Silent Thunder In My Heart
9. School Teacher's Blues
10. I Almost Lost My Mind
11. Wild Women Don't Have The Blues