Diana the Blues Diva? Who Knew?

[daviddesper]

A few weeks ago I posted a thread because I had just discovered for the first time the interesting 2 CD set entitled The Greatest. I had not previously even noticed it, although it is several years old.

So I compared prices, bought it and just tonight finished playing it through for the first time. It is a very interesting mixture and contained a few things I had not heard before and some others that I found myself appreciating more than I had previously.

For example, I loved hearing Surrender again after such a long time and I also could not believe how much I enjoyed hearing Doobedoodoo, etc.

But the real pleasant and total surprise to me was the duet with Ray Charles entitled Big Bad Love. I had never even heard OF it, much less heard it and I thought it was great.

At the time it came on, I had just popped the CD in the player and did not even know who she was singing with. But it had a swamp boogie feel to it, and even though I knew it COULDNT be, I thought I was listening to somebody like Lonnie Brooks dueting with her.

At any rate, a super collection that made me appreciate Diana all over again. I highly recommend it.

[milven]

[midnightman]

Diana blues-rock from her RCA period:

[reese]

I always wondered they didn't release BIG BAD LOVE when it was first recorded. A duet between Diana and Ray should not have been relegated to an unsuccessful film.

[Ollie9]

"Big Bad Love" is a great song. I really like the blend of their vocals. A complete duets album with Ray in 87 instead of the vanilla RHR&B might have proved very interesting indeed.