Blues to the Bone

Blues to the Bone is the twenty-seventh studio album by Etta James. The album contains a selection of twelve blues standards which are among her favourites. James and her sons Donto and Sametto James produced the album with Josh Sklair, which reached number four in the Billboard Top Blues chart.

Blues to the Bone
Studio album by Etta James
Released	June 8, 2004 (2004-06-08)
Recorded	2004
Genre	Blues, rhythm and blues
Length	47:53
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Etta James, Donto James, Josh Sklair, Sametto James
Etta James chronology
Let's Roll (2003) Blues to the Bone (2004) All the Way (2006)

The album was given a Grammy Award in 2005 for Best Traditional Blues Album.^[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[3]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of four out of five, calling it "a solid album of no-frills, gutbucket performances".^[2]

Track listing

1. "I Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster) – 3:34
2. "Don't Start Me to Talking" (Sonny Boy Williamson II) – 2:52
3. "Hush Hush" (Jimmy Reed) – 3:34
4. "Lil' Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 3:54
5. "That's Alright" (Jimmy Rogers) – 3:42
6. "Crawlin' King Snake" (John Lee Hooker) – 5:32
7. "Dust My Broom" (Robert Johnson) – 3:35
8. "The Sky Is Crying" (Elmore James) – 3:59
9. "Smokestack Lightnin'" (Howlin' Wolf) – 6:50
10. "You Shook Me" (Dixon, J. B. Lenoir) – 3:51
11. "Driving Wheel" (Roosevelt Sykes) – 2:59
12. "Honey, Don't Tear My Clothes" (Lightnin' Hopkins) – 3:31

Personnel

• Etta James – vocals
• John "Juke" Logan – harmonica
• Josh Sklair – producer, arranger, guitar, Dobro
• Bobby Murray^[1] – guitars
• Brian Ray – guitar, slideguitar
• Sametto James – bass
• Donto Metto James – drums
• Mike Finnigan – piano