Ellen McIlwaine - We The People (1973)

Tracklist

01. Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)
02. All To You
03. Sliding
04. Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune
05. Farther Along
06. I Don't Want To Play
07. Underground River
08. Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven (But Nobody Wants To Die)
09. Jimmy Jean
10. We The People (Live At Carnegie Hall, New York City / 1972)

The brilliant slide playing that inspired the respect of fellow guitarists John Lee Hooker, Johnny Winter, Jeff Healey, David Lindley, and others is obvious right off the top. In her unfettered scat singing is a hint of the fiery independence that scared off record company execs and radio playlisters alike. This is a strong sophomore effort in New York City by a sadly underexposed talent who settled in the Western Canadian city of Calgary after many nomadic years. As she would at other times in her long career, she offers her own distinctive cover of a song by sometimes collaborator Jack Bruce. Her own "All to You" finds her in a rare romantic mood, while the traditional "Farther Along" is a moving gospel number that might have pleased this powerful performer's missionary foster parents.

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