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Beth Hart dropped out of high school to focus on her songwriting.
While playing the Los Angeles clubs, she enlisted veteran bassist Tal Herzberg
and guitarist Jimmy Khoury. Her raw, passionate vocal style sounds alternatively
like Joan Armatrading and Janis Joplin, but certainly not like her contemporary
folksingers. Recorded while she was heavily addicted to drugs,
Immortal (Atlantic, 1996) displays her anger, her confusion, her
imbalance.
The band broke up after a tour and Hart's career seemed to be finished.
Hart fell under the spell of blues singer Etta James for her sophomore album,
Screamin' For My Supper (Atlantic, 1999), that also reflects her
soul-searching after a number of tragedies and her recovery from drugs.
The tender LA Song gave her a little notoriety but
Get Your Shit Together showcased more character.
At the same time, Hart was performing as the protagonist in a musical on
Janis Joplin.
Hart is a gifted vocalist, but a limited songwriter, incapable of turning
her autobiographical stories into universal poetry. Listening to her songs
feels like reading a newspaper article written by an amateur reporter.
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