Denise Lasalle – Mississippi Woman Steppin’ Out

During the blues revival of the 1960s a whole swathe of great blues artists were totally ignored by the revivalist record companies, writers and promoters. These were the Rhythm & Blues stars – sexy and direct lyrics, sharp suits, swaggering live performances representing the concerns, attitudes and moods of the community they were a part of. What we loosely call ‘Soul Blues’ has also been largely ignored over the past few decades in favour of the guitar led, often rock influenced end of things. Total credit then to Pierre Degeneffe of the Ecaussines Blues Festival in booking in 2007 the absolute queen of ‘Soul Blues’ , Denise LaSalle.