Tracy Nelson

Artist:  Tracy Nelson
Born:  December 27, 1944.  Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Genre:  Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Contemporary Blues, Country Rock, Retro-Soul, Soul, Folk-Blues
Occupation:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Tracy Nelson is an American Singer and Songwriter, was born and grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, best known as lead singer of Mother Earth.  She began playing music when she was a student at the University of Wisconsin, singing Folk and Blues at coffeehouses.  She met and learned from artists including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Otis Spann.  Her band Mother Earth played the Fillmore Auditorium, sharing bills with The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.

Title:   Deep Are The Roots  (2018)
Genre:  Blues, Folk, Country, R&B, Contemporary Blues, Country Rock, Retro-Soul, Soul, Folk-Blues
Label:  Wounded Bird Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Motherless Child Blues  (3:09)
 2.  Long Old Road  (3:15)
 3.  Startin' For Chicago  (4:27)
 4.  Baby Please Don't Go  (2:05)
 5.  Oh My Baby  (3:12)
 6.  Ramblin' Man  (2:26)
 7.  Candy Man  (1:47)
 8.  Grieving Hearted Blues  (3:19)
 9.  Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues  (4:04)
10. House Of The Rising Sun  (2:17)
11. Jesus Met The Woman At The Well  (3:06)
12. Trust No Man  (3:20)

Personnel:

Tracy Nelson:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Peter Wolfe:  Guitar on Tracks:  1, 2, 4-6, 8, 12
Charlie Musselwhite:  Harmonica on Tracks:  3, 6-9
Harvey Smith:  Piano on Tracks:  5, 6, 8, 12

Deep Are The Roots is the solo debut studio album by Tracy Nelson, originally released in 1965 by Prestige Records, remastered and reissued on August 24, 2018 by Wounded Bird Records.