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Hugh Laurie – Let Them Talk / Warner Music Entertainment Audio CD 2011 / 2564674078
UPC 825646740789
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Description:
Hugh Laurie will release his debut album "Let Them Talk" on Warner Bros Records. A glorious celebration of New Orleans blues, "Let Them Talk" unites Laurie’s musical talent with a very personal selection of standards and lost blues classics performed with his band of renowned musicians and some very special guest stars.
Produced by Joe Henry and recorded at sessions in Los Angeles and New Orleans, "Let Them Talk" sees Laurie on vocals and piano heading a team of musicians whose previous collective credits include work with artists as varied as Greg Allman, Solomon Burke, Robert Plant, kd lang, T-Bone Burnett, Alison Krause and John Legend. Together, they interpret and revive songs originally recorded by NOLA blues legends such as Lead Belly, Robert Johnson, Ray Charles and Memphis Slim.
‘Let Them Talk’ also features collaborations with the Soul Queen of New Orleans Irma Thomas and Sir Tom Jones on the little known ‘Baby, please Make A Change’. Thomas also leads the vocals on ‘John Henry’, while Laurie’s lifelong hero Dr. John provides a momentous collaboration on ‘After You’ve Gone’. Another legend, the producer, musician and songwriter Allen Toussaint, contributes horn arrangements throughout.
Hugh explains ..
“In my imagination, New Orleans just straight hummed with music, romance, joy, despair; its rhythms got into my gawky English frame and, at times, made me so happy and sad, I just didn’t know what to do with myself,” said Laurie. “I love this music as authentically as I know how, and I want you to love it too. If you get a thousandth of the pleasure from it that I’ve had, we’re all ahead of the game.”
Tracklist:
| 1 | St. James Infirmary
Alto Saxophone – Clarence J. Johnson III, Arranged By – Joe Primrose, Arranged By [Horns], Conductor [Horns] – Allen Toussaint, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Trombone – "Big Sam" Williams, Trumpet – Tracy Griffin, Written-By – Trad |
6:23 |
| 2 | You Don't Know My Mind
Written-By – Clarence Williams, Sam Gray, Virginia Liston |
3:39 |
| 3 | Six Cold Feet
Handclaps – Jo Green (2), Tenor Saxophone – Levon Henry, Written-By – Leroy Carr |
4:55 |
| 4 | Buddy Bolden's Blues
Alto Saxophone – Clarence J. Johnson III, Arranged By – Ferdinand Morton, Arranged By [Horns], Conductor [Horns] – Allen Toussaint, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Trombone – "Big Sam" Williams, Trumpet – Tracy Griffin, Written-By – Trad |
3:12 |
| 5 | Battle Of Jericho
Written-By – Trad |
3:47 |
| 6 | After You've Gone
Vocals – Dr. John, Written-By – Henry Creamer, Turner Layton |
4:09 |
| 7 | Swanee River
Written-By – Ray Charles, Stephen Collins Foster |
2:43 |
| 8 | The Whale Has Swallowed Me
Written-By – J.B. Lenoir |
3:37 |
| 9 | John Henry
Arranged By – Peter Chatman, Vocals – Irma Thomas, Written-By – Trad |
3:34 |
| 10 | Police Dog Blues
Written-By – Arthur Phelps (2) |
3:33 |
| 11 |
Tipitina
Alto Saxophone – Clarence J. Johnson III, Arranged By [Horns], Conductor [Horns] – Allen Toussaint, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Trombone – "Big Sam" Williams, Trumpet – Tracy Griffin, Written-By – Cosimo V Matassa, Roy Byrd |
5:06 |
| 12 | Winin' Boy Blues
Written-By – Ferdinand Joseph Morton |
2:59 |
| 13 | They're Red Hot
Written-By – Robert Leroy Johnson |
1:11 |
| 14 | Baby Please Make A Change
Backing Vocals – Irma Thomas, Vocals – Sir Tom Jones, Written-By – Armenta Bo Carter Chatmon, Alonzo Lonnie Chatmon |
4:57 |
| 15 | Let Them Talk
Written-By – Erwin King, Harry A Carlson, Lew Douglas |
4:10 |
Song-list:
1. Saint James Infirmary
2. You Don’t Know My Mind
3. Buddy Bolden’s Blues
4. The Whale Has Swallowed Me
5. John Henry (ft. Irma Thomas)
6. They’re Red Hot
7. Six Cold Feet In the Ground
8. The Battle of Jericho
9. After You’ve Gone (ft. Dr. John)
10. Swanee River
11. Police Dog Blues
12. Tipitina
13. Whinin’ Boy Blues
14. Baby, Please Make a Change (ft. Sir Tom Jones és Irma Thomas)
15. Let Them Talk
More Details:
- Backing Vocals – Gennine Jackson, Jean McClain
- Clarinet, Alto Clarinet – Robby Marshall
- Design – Anabel Sinn
- Double Bass – David Piltch
- Drums, Percussion – Jay Bellerose
- Executive-Producer – Conrad Withey
- Guitar [Tenor], Guitar [Six-string], Mandocello, Mandolin – Kevin Breit
- Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Mandola, Slide Guitar [Weissenborn] – Greg Leisz
- Mastered By – Gavin Lurssen
- Organ [Field], Autoharp, Accordion, Keyboards – Patrick Warren
- Photography By – Michael Wilson (8)
- Producer – Joe Henry
- Recorded By [Assistant, Piety Street] – Paul Marinaro, Wesley Fontenot
- Recorded By [Assistant] – Wesley M. Seidman
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Ryan Freeland
- Violin, Violin [Tenor] – Craig Eastman
- Vocals, Piano, Guitar, Percussion – Hugh Laurie
About the Artist:
James Hugh Calum Laurie CBE (born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, director, singer, musician, comedian and author. Laurie is known for portraying the title character on the Fox medical drama series House (2004–2012), for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and nominations for numerous other awards. He was listed in the 2011 Guinness World Records as the most watched leading man on television and was one of the highest-paid actors in a television drama, earning £250,000 ($409,000) per episode of House. His other television credits include arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper in the miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which he won his third Golden Globe Award, and Senator Tom James in the HBO sitcom Veep (2012–2019), for which he received his 10th Emmy Award nomination.
Laurie first gained recognition for his work as one half of the comedy double act Fry and Laurie with his friend and comedy partner Stephen Fry, whom he met through their mutual friend Emma Thompson whilst attending Cambridge University, where Laurie was president of the Footlights. The two men acted together in a number of projects during the 1980s and 1990s, including the sketch comedy series A Bit of Fry & Laurie and the P. G. Wodehouse adaptation Jeeves and Wooster. Laurie's other roles during this time include the period comedy series Blackadder (in which Fry also appeared) and the films Sense and Sensibility, 101 Dalmatians, The Borrowers, and Stuart Little.
Outside of acting, Laurie released the blues albums Let Them Talk (2011) and Didn't It Rain (2013), both to favourable reviews, and authored the novel The Gun Seller (1996).
Among his honours, Laurie has won three Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and has been nominated for 10 Primetime Emmy Awards. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours, both for services to drama.
