Three-time Grammy nominee, Bettye LaVette, is an interpreter of the
highest order. Whether the song originated as country, rock, pop, or
blues, when she gets through with it, it is pure R&B. She gets inside
a song and shapes and twists it to convey all of the emotion that can
be wrought from the lyric. Her career goes back to 1962, at age 16,
with her first single, “My Man – He’s a Loving Man” on
Atlantic Records. She recorded for numerous labels over the course of
the 1960s – the 1980s. The 2000’s started what she calls her
“Fifth Career.” Her CD, A Woman Like Me won the W.C. Handy Award
in 2004 for “Comeback Blues Album of the Year”. She was also given
a prestigous Pioneer Award by The Rhythm & Blues Foundation. She
recorded 4 CDs for hipster indie label ANTI- Records, 2 of which
received Grammy nominations. She has received the Blues Music Award
for Best Contemporary Female Blues Singer, and performed a critically
acclaimed version of “Love Reign O’er Me” at The Kennedy Center
Honors in a tribute to The Who. She then performed “A Change Is
Gonna Come” as a duet with Jon Bon Jovi for President elect Barack
Obama on HBO’s telecast of the kick-off Inaugural Celebratory
concert, We Are One. 2012 marked her 50th year in show business and
she also released her no-holds-barred autobiography, A Woman Like Me,
co-written with David Ritz. In 2016, her most recent CD, Worthy, has
garnered her a third Grammy nomination. She also received the Blues
Music Award for Best Soul Blues Female Artist. Although still not a
household name, the fans, critics and artists have nothing but high
praise for her live show and her interpretive vocal skill. She is one
of very few of her contemporaries who were recording during the birth
of soul music in the 60s and is still creating vital recordings today.
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