Rosie Ledet
Show Me Something
Maison de Soul – 1077
Released – 2001
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The growth from her earliest albums is wonderful for this sensuous singer, no longer are her albums held back by the repetitious beats that used to ensnare her early discs. Most importantly she is using that wonderful husky voice that is her natural and best asset to wrap around her insightful lyrics, that reflect a woman’s point of view. She is one of the few female Zydeco performers that are worth the price of admission at this time. She does sound her best on the slower tempo of “Days Gone By”, where she can work with the full expressiveness of her voice. She always seems to sing with a heart-felt integrity in her voice. She only started performing about 7 years ago when in one night she went to her first Zydeco dance to hear Boozoo Chavis, fell in love with the music, and her to be husband, Morris. Morris had his own band and played the accordion, which she learned by watching him and practicing when he was off at work. She showed him what she could do one day and now she is leading the band and he is the bass player. She writes most of her own songs, which is a rarity for most Zydeco performers no matter their gender. When she cranks it up, “Zydeco For A Living”, that voice of hers sets the temperature soaring. I’m not sure of the reason for inclusion of a couple of the songs here, including the touted, “Lady Marmalade”. It is sure hard to top Patti LaBelle’s version and frankly this version doesn’t do much for me. There is room here to grow but this is a very solid effort by someone who you’d better keep your eye on.
Produced by Morris Ledet
Songs and times – all written by Rosie Ledet except where noted
1 Show Me Something – 3:09
2 Zydeco For A Living (Living The Blues) – 3:09
3 Days Gone By – 4:28
4 All Part Of The Game – 2:56
5 Lady Marmalade – 3:59 – Stone Diamond
6 For Your Love – 3:30
7 Set My Soul On Fire – 5:05
8 The Next Thing – 3:32
9 Open Invitation – 3:05
10 Hello Baby – 3:09
11 Get Your Dance On – 3:43
12 What You Wanna Do – 4:07
The Musicians
Rosie Ledet - lead & background vocals, accordion
Lukey Ledet – drums
Lanice Ledet – rubboard
Kent August – lead & rhythm guitar
Guest Musicians
Chuck Bush – bass
JJ Caillier – keyboards
Charlene Howard – background vocals (5 & 8)
Pat Breaux – sax (2, 3, 5, 7, 8)