The swamp boogie queen - live

"The Texas Topcat record label has released this live recording from 1990 of the late Katie Webster, The Swamp Boogie Queen. It was recorded in Athens, Greece and features only her voice and her boogie-woogie piano styling's on a variety of genres, including boogie-woogie, blues, R&B, soul and rock all given her boogie-woogie treatment. Her piano playing is fine, but a band setting would of allowed for a more diverse sound palette. Nevertheless, she accompanies herself on a variety of musical styles ... If you are a fan this CD will please you enormously. I being casually familiar with her music can take it in small doses. Whatever the case she could sure play the hell out of eighty-eights".

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"The Swamp Boogie Queen Live presents Katie Webster at the height of her prowess, confidently charming an audience with only her voice, piano and exuberant personality ... the album maintains the magic as Webster reveals her multifaceted talents. Among those is the ability to shift gears gracefully, with flashes of over-amped boogie, tender romanticism, classical formality, heavy-handed blues, spiritual candor and orchestral pop coexisting, sometimes within a given track ... The recent publication of this live concert disc preserves her sound and spirit at its vivacious best".