Album
You Gotta Sin To Get Saved
1993 · Rock, Blues
Rare pressing on Gatefold
You Gotta Sin To Get Saved is a Country album by Maria McKee, originally released in 1993. On Gatefold: 26 pressings tracked.
About
After the splintering of her band Lone Justice in the late 1980s, singer Maria McKee took some years to find her way artistically. <i>You Gotta Sin To Get Saved</i> (1993) was more than a return to form — it marked her full emergence as an artist in command of her talents. While the album reunited her with former bandmates Marvin Etzioni and Don Heffington, its approach was a step away from the neo-L.A. country rock of her Lone Justice days. McKee wades into steamy R&B terrain on “I’m Gonna Sooth You” and rises to glorious gospel heights on “I Forgive You.” Much of the album invokes the Woodstock-era sounds of the Band and Van Morrison — “My Girlhood Among The Outlaws” in particular strikes a roots-rock note. (The sonic link with Morrison is made explicit by a pair of well-rendered Van the Man covers as well.) The title track is a fiercely woozy New Orleans sing-along that lets Maria wail with the abandon of a not-quite-sorry sinner. And, yes, there is a honky-tonk tune (“Only Once”) to please her older fans. An ambitious creative stretch, <i>You Gotta Sin To Get Saved</i> remains McKee’s best-realized work.
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Tracklist
- 1I'm Gonna Soothe You3:38
- 2My Lonely Sad Eyes2:42
- 3My Girlhood Among the Outlaws3:45
- 4Only Once4:04
- 5I Forgive You5:11
- 6I Can't Make It Alone3:39
- 7Precious Time3:38
- 8The Way Young Lovers Do3:30
- 9Why Wasn't I More Grateful (When Life Was Sweet)5:05
- 10You Gotta Sin to Get Saved5:52
Sound DNA
- Country
- Americana & Roots
- gritty
- defiant
- southern
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Benmont TenchBACKING VOCALS BAND , PIANO, ELECTRIC ORGAN , ELECTRIC PIANO , BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS BAND, PIANO, ELECTRIC ORGAN , ELECTRIC PIANO , BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Bruce BrodyBACKING VOCALS BAND , ELECTRIC ORGAN , PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO , BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS BAND, ELECTRIC ORGAN , PIANO, ELECTRIC PIANO , BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- David CampbellARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , CONDUCTOR ARRANGED BY, CONDUCTOR
- Don HeffingtonBACKING VOCALS BAND , DRUMS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS BAND, DRUMS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Gary LourisBACKING VOCALS BAND , ELECTRIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS BAND, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Maria McKeeBAND , VOCALS, RHYTHM GUITAR, PIANO BAND, RHYTHM GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR
- Mark OlsonACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS, HARMONICA, HANDCLAPS BACKING VOCALS
- Marvin EtzioniBACKING VOCALS BAND , BASS, MANDOLIN, ELECTRIC GUITAR , BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS BAND, BASS, MANDOLIN, ELECTRIC GUITAR , BACKING VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Brendan O'BrienBASS
- Don WasBASS
- Edna WrightBACKING VOCALS
- George DrakouliasDRUMS
- Jim KeltnerDRUMS
- Jon AuerBACKING VOCALS
- Julia WatersBACKING VOCALS
- Ken StringfellowBACKING VOCALS
- Maxine WatersBACKING VOCALS
- Michael UtleyPIANO
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 26 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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