Bettye LaVette - 'Dirty Old Town'

"Dirty Old Town" by Bettye LaVette from her new album 'Thankful N' Thoughtful,' out September 25th!

[McSchwejk]

Funky old town! I remember the original by Ewan MacColl and I remember the dirty old town but never have I heard the song stand up with such great spirit as this. Bettye Lavette you have done it proud!

[seattleape]

Gave this song another listen. Still transports me. Thx for posting.

[buzzdevine]

Love this lady, see her live and you will never leave unhappy .

[El_GUERO]

Awesome voice ..i first heard this song in a movie theater..and fell in love with it

[Sinfulfashions]

Totally agree have seen her in person ! She was awesome!

[octopus]

That was awesome. Thank you, Bettye.

[DrAnguloBombay]

This song froze me in my tracks in a local supermarket...i jus wanted to pick up my guitar and start wailing...this is beyond awesome!

[ThePhantomJerk]

This song, within 14 seconds, changed my life. Go Raibh Mile Maith Agat. Thank You so much,

[tomglenn]

What a great voice! Love her...This song is just ok.

[seattleape]

Love that organ and the atmospheric guitar. Transporting!

[DatSoulBoss]

This sounds like a classic straight out of Memphis by way of Hi & Willie Mitchell! Hearing this, one can only imagine the kind of classics that Bettye & Willie could've given the world...if only!

Great job!

[frevr]

Great sound. look forward to the release.

[motekhall]

The Dubliners, The Pogues and many others have covered this tune but just as Shane Magowan sang it unlike anyone else Bettye brings an urban Blues feel to it, for my money this is a brilliant recording but aside from the lyrics its a totally different song . After all BeBop is just a million variations of Sweet Georgia Brown.

[johnainslie]

If Hendrix altered and then renamed someone's track in my book that is plagiarism :) ... She has a great voice, everyone does covers and I think this is an excellent one :)

[mingusjones]

she is a detroit gal but a long way from Mowtown where she started a session singer.

[freddyryder]

Je lis que les critiques vont bons trains... Tout le monde rêve d'être artiste tout comme Bettye LaVette, personne ne rêve d'être critique sur les réseaux sociaux... Hendrix c'est qui ? Je connais R.Gallagher, J.Winter, SRVaughan, RK, ....

[Vickstar]

Jake, you are, of course, entitled to your opinion. However, I generally applaud cover versions that actually make an effort to put their own stamp on a song, rather than just regurgitating a second rate version of the original. It doesn't always work, but you have to give them credit for trying. I, however, do like this version. I don't think it takes anything away from the original. If you don't like this version, then you just don't like it. And that's ok.

[grahamcox]

Ewan mccoll song I think, wrote first time ever I saw your face, father of Kirsty mccoll, why change the lyrics?

[lazur]

If that's how you feel about the R&B version, you must REALLY hate the bebop version!

[vtbn]

You need to change that Writers field - liar!