''The Scene of the Crime'' is a

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by American singer-songwriter

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, released in the United States on September 25, 2007 on the label

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. It is a collaboration with

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as backing band,

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, and other studio musicians. The album debuted at number one on ''

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''s Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the

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Track listing

#"I Still Want to Be Your Baby (Take Me Like I Am)" (

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) – 3:45 #*Originally recorded by Eddie Hinton #"

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" ( Billy Yates, Mike Curtis) – 3:04 #*Originally recorded by

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#"Jealousy" (

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) – 5:36 #*Originally recorded by Frankie Miller #"You Don't Know Me at All" (

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, John Corey,

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) – 3:58 #*Originally recorded by Don Henley #"Somebody Pick Up My Pieces" (

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) – 5:22 #*Originally recorded by Willie Nelson #"They Call It Love" (W. T. Davidson) – 3:57 #*Originally recorded by

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#"The Last Time" (

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) – 2:58 #*Originally recorded by John Hiatt #"Talking Old Soldiers" (

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) – 4:26 #*Originally recorded by Elton John #"Before the Money Came (The Battle of Bettye LaVette)" (Bettye LaVette, Patterson Hood) – 4:30 #"I Guess We Shouldn't Talk About That Now" (Ed Pettersen, Kim McLean) – 3:46

Personnel

Musicians

*Bettye LaVette – vocals * Mike Cooley – guitar *Sum Haque – piano *

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– guitar *

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– bass guitar * Patterson Hood – guitar *Brad Morgan – drums *John Neff – guitar,

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– piano,

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* Shonna Tucker – bass

Production

*Bettye LaVette – producer *John Agnello – additional

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– producer, engineer, mixing, additional engineer *Elizabeth Fladung –

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*Gene Grimaldi – mastering *Patterson Hood – producer,

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*Andy Kaulkin –

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*Kevin Kiley – photography *Bryan Sheffield – photography, cover photo *Benjamin Tanner – engineer

Charts

References

External links

''The Scene of the Crime''
on

Anti- Anti- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label to Epitaph Records. While Epitaph's focus has mostly been on punk rock, Anti-'s roster includes gospel (Mavis Staples), country (Merle Haggard), hip hop (Sage Francis, The Cou ...

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