Susan Tedeschi
Susan Tedeschi – Wait for Me
(Tone Cool /
Artemis)
Produced by Susan Tedeschi and Richard Rosenblatt
Recorded at Rear Window Studios, Brookline, MA and Made in the Shade
Studios, Jacksonville, FL
Engineerd by Nate Dubé with Joe Sullivan and Peter Thornton with Jim
Jenness
Mixed by Dave McNair at Jarvis Studios, New York
A lot has happened to Susan Tedeschi in the past few months… A Grammy
nomination. A new dual-label deal. A new husband (guitar wunderkind Derek
Trucks). A new baby. A whole bunch of new fans. And now, finally, a new
album. And though it holds on to some of the best parts of her breakout
release, “Just Won’t Burn” ( top among them being co-writer Tom Hambridge),
“Wait for Me” also explores new directions with the help of new people
including Trucks, Bob Dylan, Double Trouble bass man Tommy Shannon and
soul brother Tommy Sims. Opening with the shout it from the rooftops (and
she does!) regrets of Sims’ “Alone,” Tedeschi bubbles into the up tempo
swing of “Gonna Move” before taking it down a moment with the self-penned
pianistic pleadings of “Wrapped in the Arms of Another.” While
“Hampmotized” is pure space funk (complete with Colonel Bruce Hampton on
the six-string), “Wait for Me” is a sterling blues reminiscent of “At the
Dark End of the Street” and other 50s classics. Another polar pairing is
the concluding one-two of the Rockabilly number “I Fell In Love” and the
back porch balladry of “Blues on Holiday” (featuring Paul Rishell and
Annie Raines). Somewhere in the middle of all of these borrowed sounds and
collaborative talents, Tedeschi makes a sincere nod to Bob with a
competent cover of “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.” All told it is an
adventurous album yet one which Tedeschi handles well…with a little help
from her expanding circle of friends.
- Matthew S. Robinson
c. 2003, M. S. Robinson, ARR
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