Jean Elias
For some reason the Duke stable of artists didn’t
really make much use of the Muscle Shoals studios during the 60s or early
70s. There was a Bobby Bland session that yielded the “Keep On Loving
Me (You’ll
See The Change)” 45 but that was about it – apart from this great
unknown pair of tunes. Writer/producer Harrison Calloway, then a resident
at Fame, brought out the “Boom Shacka Shacka” chant that the
great JT had used for on his funky version of “Steal Away” the
previous year and covered “You Made Me A Anybody’s Woman” in
layers of percussion over the Fame Gang’s fine rhythm. Jean Elias sounds
pretty good on this cut, but she brings out a lovely bluesy touch on the
mid-paced flip “How
Long Can I Go On Fooling Myself”, with some
superb downwards glissandos at the end of some key phrases. This really is
fine music. Both sides sound like Candi Staton tracks that got away – and
that’s a pretty strong recommendation.
Discography
You made me a anybody's woman / How
long can I go on fooling myself ~ BACK
BEAT 623 (1971)