Bettye LaVette's acclaimed 2005 release I've Got My Own Hell To Raise brought well deserved recognition to this R&B maverick who has been recording since the early sixties, and another chapter in her storied life. Now comes The Scene of the Crime, an almost autobiographical look back at the long hard road LaVette has traveled. To make music this raw and direct, LaVette enlisted "dirty south" rockers The Drive By Truckers as her backup band and coconspirators. With swampy guitars, slippery Wurlitzer piano and a driving backline, The Scene Of The Crime conjures up the spirit of great loose '70s bands like the Faces.

Track Listing
1. I Still Want To Be Your Baby(Take Me Like I Am)
2. Choices
3. Jealousy
4. You Don't Know Me At All
5. Somebody Pick Up My Pieces
6. They Call It Love
7. The Last Time
8. Talking Old Soldiers
9. Before The Money Came (The Battle Of Bettye LaVette)
10. I Guess We Shouldn't Talk About That Now