Hart, Beth & Joe Bonamassa Seesaw, ltd.ed.

2013, SEESAW reunites force-of-nature blues-rock vocalist Beth Hart and guitar hero Joe Bonamassa for a second album of choice covers from various musical eras. As with their first outing, DON'T EXPLAIN, the project is in collaboration with producer Kevin Shirley. Each of the three principals suggested and selected tracks for the 11-song set list, which mines soulful classics previously made famous by Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Donnie Hathaway, Lucinda Williams, Buddy Miles, Tina Turner, Slackwax, Melody Gardot, and Nina Simone. The one-two punch of Hart's powerhouse vocals and Bonamassa's scorching solos both honors and reinvents the original recordings. They are backed by the same world class band that kept the grooves going on DON'T EXPLAIN: Anton Fig (drums, percussion), Carmine Rojas (bass), Blondie Chaplin (guitar, percussion), Arlan Schierbaum (piano). This time out, their mighty sound is augmented by a horn section, with Lee Thornburg on trumpets and Ron Dziubla on saxophones.