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Rating: Susan Tedeschi is a beautiful Italian-American girl raised in Massachusetts, who has been engaging with music since a young age. She explores blues with her high school band, gets passionate about soul in a Gospel choir, and ranges through the roots of American music by exploring various genres.
In 1999, she forms the Susan Tedeschi Band, in which she sings and plays the guitar.
Her voice is a mix of sweetness and energy, her way of playing the guitar is inspired by the big names of history; after all, nothing else can be expected since it was she and her band who opened concerts for Allman Brothers, B.B. King and occasionally for Mr. Dylan.
It can be said that nowadays Susan already has a remarkable career behind her, having released five albums and obtaining 3 Grammy nominations as the best modern blues performer and female vocalist.
"Hope and Desire" is the 2005 album and it is the most mature.
Complete with that warm tragic power of soul origin, Hope and Desire encapsulates everything that Susan's sound has to offer: acoustic guitars played in a slow and melancholic way, sad slides followed by simple phrases, all accompanied by a slow and dragging rhythm. In this case, we refer to "You've Got The Silver" a powerful blues exalted to the nth degree by the famous and well-accented Hammond organ.
Moving through songs like "Soul Of A Man" and "Lord Protect My Child," the predominant feature is the way of singing, much inspired by legendary black blues and soul singers from the dixieland: their typical way of accentuating vowels, accompanied by guitar and keyboard that only serve to accentuate to the nth degree the most important instrument: the vocal cords. Susan takes this teaching literally: the entire album revolves around her hoarse and often unruly voice, but which manages at the same time to touch the highest peaks of delicacy and grace, as exemplified by the fantastic "Sweet Forgiveness".
Nevertheless, the album also features more "electric" moments, with which the artist shows off her skills as a guitarist. The cheerful "Tired Of My Tears" and "Magnificent Sanctuary Band" serve as carefree interludes between songs.
Susan's talent is a sublime revelation of the 2000s, bringing a breath of fresh air yet still influenced by vintage.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 You Got the Silver (02:52)
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
Hey babe, what's in your eyes?
I saw them flashing like airplane lights
You fill my cup, babe, that's for sure
I must come back for a little more
You got my heart you got my soul
You got the silver you got the gold
You got the diamonds from the mine
Well that's all right, it'll buy some time
Tell me, honey, what will I do
When I'm hungry and thirsty too
Feeling foolish (and that's for sure)
Just waiting here at your kitchen door?
Hey baby, what's in your eyes?
Is that the diamonds from the mine?
What's that laughing in your smile?
I don't care, no, I don't care
Oh babe, you got my soul
You got the silver you got the gold
A flash of love, has made me blind
I don't care, no, that's no big surprise
04 Tired of My Tears (02:42)
Boy, you better go back in your mind
Try and find yourself a brand new life
I love you but you're toying with me
So if you can't change, go on, let me be
CHORUS
Well, I'm sick of your lies (sick of your lies)
Tired of my tears (tired of my tears)
Boy, if you want me, better tell it like it is
Oh, when a girl meets a boy she likes
She starts to dream
Before she know it, she's caught buyin' his scheme
Now, I used to believe every word you say
But realize now, that was yesterday
CHORUS
(8-bar instrumental)
CHORUS
When I'm with you, I lose control
That's why I'm offering you my heart and soul
You better take it now 'cause when it's gone
I won't even answer my telephone
CHORUS (x2)
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