Mahalia Barnes & Soul Mates - Ooh Yea: The Betty Davis Songbook (CD)

2015 album from the eldest daughter of Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes. The album features Betty Davis covers. Betty married Miles Davis in the late '60's and released three genre-busting albums in the mid '70's that influenced Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, the Roots and others. Powerhouse singer Mahalia Barnes, one of the most impressive female vocalists to come out of Australia, and her band The Soul Mates have teamed up with American blues-rock guitarist Joe Bonamassa to release an album of Betty Davis covers called Ooh Yea! The Betty Davis Songbook. Scheduled for release on 2/24/15, it explores tracks from Davis sexy, raw funk records of the early 70s. Betty Davis's unique story is still fairly unknown. She married Miles Davis in the late 60s, influencing him with psychedelic rock, and introducing him to Jimi Hendrix. Later, she released three genre-busting albums, 1973's self-titled debut, 1974's They Say I'm Different and 1975's Nasty Gal that have since influenced artists like Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, Ice Cube, Talib Kweli and Ludacris. Mahalia Barnes, eldest daughter of Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes and recent contestant on The Voice Australia, has been around music her whole life but has always been most heavily influenced by soul, blues and rock n roll. Produced by Kevin Shirley (Joe Bonamassa, Journey, Iron Maiden, John Hiatt)

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up
2. Steppin' in Her I. Miller Shoes
3. In the Meantime
4. He Was a Big Freak
5. Your Mama Wants You Back
6. Game Is My Middle Name
7. Nasty Gal
8. Ooh Yea!
9. You Won't See Me in the Morning
10. Anti-Love Song
11. Walking Up the Road
12. Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him