Track Listing

1. Party Town
2. Peace, Love & BBQ
3. Miracle In Knoxville
4. Watermelon Time
5. Down In The Neighborhood
6. Where Do You Go?
7. My Heart And Soul
8. I'll Never Be Free
9. Married Life
10. Falling Back In Love With You
11. Right Back In It
12. Ride It Out
13. I Wish You Well

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2471 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-08
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
Produced by Stephen Bruton, PEACE, LOVE & BBQ finds Marcia Ball at a creative peak, writing or co-writing eight of the thirteen songs on the CD. From deep soul ballads to can't-sit-still party songs to straight-from-the-heart storytelling, the album will delight and inspire Ball's longtime fans and will certainly turn many newcomers into believers. Singing the praises of simple virtues in the funky title track, working the Crescent City strut of "Party Town" or coming to grips with the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in the deeply moving ballad "Where Do You Go?" Marcia galvanizes this record with soul-touching vocals and her always killer piano playing. With guests Dr. John, Wayne Toups, Tracy Nelson and Terrance Simien lending a hand, the music moves effortlessly through a range of emotions, leaving the listener dancing one minute and deeply moved the next.

The Austin Chronicle
a class act whose soulful, horn-laden swamp pop and murderous honky-tonk makes her a stellar example of musical artistry

USA Today
A sensational, saucy singer and superb pianist...where Texas stomp-rock and Louisiana blues-swamp meet

Customer Reviews

A fan
A Marcia Ball fan. It is more of the same southern blues, Marcia style.

If you don't like this go dig yourself!
This is a first rate CD by Marcia--admittedly my fave contemporary artist. If "Where Do You Go" dosen't move you emotionally you must be dead! Marcia is the most soulful voice I have ever heard in decades of music listening--and that's the idea--in a now world of cookie cutter singers and musicians Marcia Ball is a unique expressive vibrant talent-I have played her CD's for years for people and have dragged them to see Marcia in person and I never have a negative response! why Marcia isn't even more well known has always been beyond me--

Great tunes
Loved this album; great songs, really good backup band and that NO musical flavor sung with a "marcia ball" style. If you like her tunes you will really enjoy this one.