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Bettye LaVette On Mountain Stage

NPR
Published April 14, 2014 at 1:33 PM EDT
Bettye LaVette began her career in the early 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, "My Man - He's a Lovin' Man."
1 of 5  — Bettye LaVette began her career in the early 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, "My Man - He's a Lovin' Man."
Bettye LaVette began her career in the early 1960s, with her Top 10 hit, "My Man - He's a Lovin' Man."
After that first hit, LaVette's fame was somewhat intermittent, with releases on regional record labels.
2 of 5  — After that first hit, LaVette's fame was somewhat intermittent, with releases on regional record labels.
After that first hit, LaVette's fame was somewhat intermittent, with releases on regional record labels.
In 2000, a French record label released LaVette's recordings from 1972. Thanks to that album and a 2003 release, long-deserved accolades began to roll in.
3 of 5  — In 2000, a French record label released LaVette's recordings from 1972. Thanks to that album and a 2003 release, long-deserved accolades began to roll in.
In 2000, a French record label released LaVette's recordings from 1972. Thanks to that album and a 2003 release, long-deserved accolades began to roll in.
Praise for LaVette continued since that point, especially with her 2005 release <em>I've Got My Own Hell To Raise, </em>in addition to a collaboration with the Drive-By Truckers.
4 of 5  — Praise for LaVette continued since that point, especially with her 2005 release I've Got My Own Hell To Raise, in addition to a collaboration with the Drive-By Truckers.
Praise for LaVette continued since that point, especially with her 2005 release I've Got My Own Hell To Raise, in addition to a collaboration with the Drive-By Truckers.
On this Mountain Stage appearance, she performs with her band. They put an R&B spin on songs from Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, and Bob Seeger.
5 of 5  — On this Mountain Stage appearance, she performs with her band. They put an R&B spin on songs from Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, and Bob Seeger.
On this Mountain Stage appearance, she performs with her band. They put an R&B spin on songs from Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, and Bob Seeger.

Bettye LaVette appears on Mountain Stage, recorded live at the Culture Center Theater in Charleston, W.Va.

Based in Detroit, the R&B singer began her career with Atlantic Records in the early '60s and scored a Top 10 hit with her debut single, "My Man — He's a Lovin' Man." Through the years, LaVette continued to release albums on regional labels, and even joined the touring company of the Broadway musical Bubbling Brown Sugar.

In the early 2000s, a French record label issued a previously unreleased disc that LaVette had recorded for Atlantic in 1972. Long-deserved accolades began to roll in, including a W.C. Handy Award for Comeback Blues Album of the Year. She released I've Got My Own Hell to Raise on a U.S. label, and her 2007 Drive-By Truckers collaboration The Scene of the Crime was nominated for a Grammy.

LaVette appears here with her own band, covering material by the likes of Tom Waits, Bob Dylan and Bob Seger.

Set List

  • "Everything Is Broken"

  • "Yesterday Is Here"

  • "Like A Rock"

  • "The More I Search"

  • "Before The Money Came (The Battle Of Bettye LaVette)"

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