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Grana Louise: Gettin’ Kinda Rough

by Nic Jones
May 12, 2011

Blues singer Graná Louise has the kind of authoritative voice that broaches no contradiction, and on Gettin' Kinda Rough she delivers a batch of songs which nicely showcases her range. In view of the sublime authority of the original, she plays with fire in covering what was Slim Harpo's “I'm A King Bee" as “Queen Bee." The original version was topped off by a killer one-note guitar solo and Harpo's chromatic harp. The overwrought guitar solo on ...