Risin' with the Blues
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{{Infobox album
| name = Risin' with the Blues
| type = studio
| artist = Ike Turner
| cover = Ike Turner 2006.jpg
| released = September 12, 2006
| studio = Studio West, Proxy Recording, Signature Sound, Track Entertainment Studios
| genre = Blues
| length = 53:50
| label = Zoho Roots
| producer = Ike Turner Jr., Roger Nemour
| prev_title = His Woman, Her Man: The Ike Turner Diaries
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Jack Rabbit Blues – The Singles of 1958–1960
| next_year = 2011
}}
Risin' with the Blues is the final studio album released by American musician Ike Turner. The album was released in the United States on September 12, 2006. It was produced by his son, Ike Turner Jr., and Roger Nemour. The album received positive reviews{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=5888|title=Ike Turner: Risin' With The Blues|website=Daily Vault}} and won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/risin-with-the-blues-mw0000543371|title=Risin' with the Blues - Ike Turner {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}
| rev2 = All About Jazz
}}
Senior contributor of All About Jazz, C. Michael Bailey, rated the album five stars and wrote:
There is nothing remotely retro about the music or its production. Turner seamlessly updates the music with which he has been associated for fifty years, advancing the causes of Robert Cray, Little Milton, Otis Rush and Buddy Guy with burping electric bass, sinewy lead guitars and horns aplenty.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/risin-with-the-blues-ike-turner-zoho-music-review-by-c-michael-bailey.php|title=Ike Turner: Risin' With The Blues|last=Bailey|first=C. Michael|date=February 19, 2007|website=All About Jazz}}
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Jonathan Widran wrote:
The real joys of this disc are his scorching guitar energy, followed by his jumpy boogie-woogie piano. It's pretty much a funky and humor-laden bluesfest throughout, from his funked-up update of "Gimme Back My Wig" to the shuffling blues of "Tease Me." He finds a balance between tongue in cheek attitudes (as on the retitling of "Five Long Years" to "Eighteen Long Years," a reference to his marriage to Tina) with more heartfelt touches on softer songs like "A Love Like Yours." He also ventures into spirited New Orleans territory on "Goin' Home Tomorrow" and offers a prayer of forgiveness for his countless lifelong sins by declaring that "Jesus Loves Me."
Awards and nominations
Risin' with the Blues won Turner his first solo Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/ike-turner|title=Ike Turner|date=2019-06-04|website=Recording Academy Grammy Awards|language=en}} The album earned Turner a nomination for best Blues Album at the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/ima-winners-announced/sean-geraty/|title=IMA Winners Announced « American Songwriter|last=Geraty|first=Sean|date=December 20, 2007|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=}}{{Cite web|url=https://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=36497&string=Shebang|title=7th Annual Independent Music Awards Finalists Announced|last=|first=|date=November 3, 2007|website=Top40-Charts.com|archive-url=|archive-date=}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Risin' with the Blues track listing
| title1 = Gimme Back My Wig
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = Caldonia
| length2 = 2:57
| title3 = Tease Me
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = Goin' Home Tomorrow
| length4 = 3:05
| title5 = Jazzy Fuzzy
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = I Don't Want Nobody
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Jesus Loves Me
| length7 = 3:57
| title8 = A Love Like Yours
| length8 = 3:26
| title9 = Senor Blues
| length9 = 4:25
| title10 = Eighteen Long Years
| length10 = 3:16
| title11 = Rockin' Blues
| length11 = 4:38
| title12 = After Hours
| length12 = 5:00
| title13 = Big Fat Mama
| length13 = 3:54
| title14 = Bi Polar
| length14 = 3:46
| total_length = 53:50
| writer1 = Ike Turner
| writer2 = Louis Jordan
| writer3 = Ike Turner
| writer4 = Fats Domino
| writer5 = Ike Turner, Lenny Rankins
| writer6 = Ike Turner
| writer7 = Ike Turner
| writer8 = Holland–Dozier–Holland
| writer9 = Horace Silver
| writer10 = Eddie Boyd
| writer11 = Ike Turner
| writer12 = Erskine Hawkins
| writer13 = Ike Turner
| writer14 = Ike Turner
}}
Personnel
Ike Turner: lead vocals, guitar, piano
Audrey Madison: background vocals on track 7
The Kings of Rhythm:
- Mack Johnson, Leo Dombecki, Ryan Montana – horns
- Seth Blumberg, Joe Kelly – guitars
- Kenny Frizelle – harp
- Lenny "Fuzzy" Rankins – guitar on track 5
- Paul Smith, Ernest Lane – keyboards
- Kevin Cooper – bass
- Bill Ray, Matt Long, Harry Jen Frizelle – drums{{Cite web|url=https://zohomusic.com/cds/turner_risin.html|title=Ike Turner Risin' With The Blues|last=|first=|date=|website=zohomusic.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}
References
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