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The
Johnnie Mae Matthews
Story
Mid-Sixties Recordings
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This
wonderful Spokane recording was released around February
1964. Johnnie
Mae had the first 45 on Blue Rock
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Her majestic vocal
delivery on "Worried About You" is one of
her finest, although she had to down a stiff drink before
venturing into the studio to record it. She was
understandably put off by Riley Hampton's sweeping string
arrangement and a crooning chorus that sound like something
from a John Ford cowboy flick. The track is light years away
from her usual Detroit sessions, but the end product is a
gorgeous song that displays her utter soulfulness.
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LISTEN
TO
Johnnie Mae Matthews
sing
"Worried About You"
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Her
impassioned intonation of Don Davis's lyrics, "You
wonder why.I sit and cry.every time you say
goodbye" leaves you in no doubt that it's her own
emotional welfare that she's rightly worried about. It has an
Etta James "Sunday Kind Of Love" ring to
it, obviously from being cut in Chicago, but Ollie
McLaughlin's excellent production gives it an edge over
this great vocalist's work.
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Notes thanks to Graham
Finch
image must not be
reproduced, used or copied photograph
credits at end of webisode
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LOWELL BOILEAU
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