01	One Hour Mama						03:15
	02	Dump That Chump						03:13
	03	OBG Why Me Blues						03:15
	04	Mind Your Own Business						02:46
	05	Evil Hearted Me						02:19
	06	If It Had Been A Dog						04:27
	07	Seemed Like Such A Good Idea At The Time						05:09
	08	Ragtime Rag						02:46
	09	Miz Thang						03:28
	10	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby						02:34
	11	Twisted Mind Blues						05:12
	12	Dr. Blues						04:11
	13	Nobody's Fool						04:59
	14	Don't Treat You Man Like A Dog						02:44
	15	You'd Better Fly Right						02:06
	16	It's Alright For A Man To Cry						05:51
	17	Shake The Dew Off The Lily						04:53

Streeterville Studios, Chicago, IL

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Broadcasting
Date of Release 1992

Between Hot Flash and Broadcasting, Saffire lost a bassist, but added a mandolin, fiddler, an organist, and an electric guitarist, which gives Broadcasting a fuller, richer sound. Fortunately, that hasn't distracted attention from the bawdy, sassy vocals of Ann Rabson and Gaye Adegbalola, who still exhibit a raw, natural charisma. And the material - which ranges from fresh interpretations of warhorses from Louis Jordan and Hank Williams to clever originals - is all first-rate, helping make the album one of the group's best efforts. - Thom Owens

1. One Hour Mama (Grainger) - 3:13
2. Dump the Chump (Estrin) - 3:13
3. Obg Why Me Blues (Belford/Cooper/Good/Taylor) - 3:13
4. Mind Your Own Business (Williams) - 2:44
5. Evil Hearted Me (McGhee) - 2:18
6. If It Had Been a Dog . . . (Adegbalola) - 2:44
7. Seemed Like Such a Good Idea at the Time (Bellas) - 5:09
8. Ragtime Rag (Adegbalola) - 2:45
9. Miz Thang (Adegbalola) - 3:27
10. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? (Austin/Jordan) - 2:33
11. Twisted Mind Blues (Adegbalola) - 5:12
12. Doctor Blues (Rabson) - 4:10
13. Nobody's Fool (Hamblin/Stocking) - 4:57
14. Don't Treat Your Man Like a Dog (Rabson) - 2:44
15. You'd Better Fly Right (Rabson) - 2:06
16. It's Alright for a Man to Cry (Adegbalola) - 5:52
17. Shake the Dew of the Lily (Adegbalola) - 4:55

Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women - Producer
Steve Freund - Guitar
Gaye Adegbalola - Guitar, Harmonica, Composer, Vocals
David Brickson - Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Estrin - Composer
Sam Fishkin - Engineer, Mixing
Grainger - Composer
Larry Gray - Bass
Hamblin & Stocking - Composer
Bruce Iglauer - Producer
Jordan & Austin - Composer
McGhee - Composer
Andra Faye McIntosh - Fiddle, Mandolin, Vocals (bckgr)
Dr. Toby Mountain - Mastering
Rabson & Snyder - Composer
Ann Rabson - Guitar, Piano, Vocals
Belford Taylor-Good & Cooper - Composer
Williams - Composer
Tony Zamagni - Organ
Peter Amft - Photography, Cover Design
Matt Minde - Cover Design

1992 CD Alligator ALCD-4811
CD Alligator A4811
CS Alligator ALCS-4811





Saffire -- The Uppity Blues Women
Formed in Virginia
Group Members Gaye Adegbalola Andra Faye McIntosh Ann Rabson Earlene Lewis
Styles Folk-Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues

The ladies from Saffire at one point in the early '90s just considered themselves blues historians, but since their performing career has gotten launched on the festival circuit, they've become much more than that. All three have developed into talented songwriters. Since blues fans are always looking for fresh themes or new twists on old themes, this trio is a sought-after club and festival act. The core members of this Virginia-based group include pianist Ann Rabson (b. April 12, 1945) and Gaye Adegbalola (b. March 21, 1944), and while the trio was accompanied for a while by bassist Earlene Lewis, she has since left the group. Lewis was replaced by mandolinist Andra Faye McIntosh, also from the Washington, D.C./Virginia area. Rabson worked as a computer programmer and Adegbalola was an award-winning teacher before they gave up their day jobs to play blues full-time for a living.
Saffire has no shortage of fresh ideas. The group recorded seven albums for the Chicago-based Alligator Records label since 1990, and two of their more recent albums Cleaning House (1996) and Old, New Borrowed and Blue (1994) showcase the trio's songwriting skills, although there are also a few covers, reinterpreted in their own distinctive way. These acoustic musicians inject a sense of humor into their songs and take it with them on stage. There is also a strong thread of feminism running through the band and their recorded output. The group's other albums for Alligator include their 1990 debut, Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women (1990), Hot Flash (1991), and Broadcasting (1992). Their prolific output as songwriters is matched only by their desire to tour, as they perform everywhere and anywhere, having already made several U.S., Canadian and European tours. In 1998 the trio released Live and Uppity, a rousing document of their crowd pleasing stage act. After a five year lay off since their last studio recording (during which time Rabson recorded two solo records), Saffire returned with another strong record, Ain't Gonna Hush, in 2001.

The group's fundamental appeal - to growing numbers of music fans who don't know much about blues - is their original songs and their ability to dig up and reinterpret old blues gems from the 1920s and '30s. They specialize in songs made by the sassy original blues divas including Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie and Ida Cox. - Richard Skelly




1990 The Uppity Blues Women Alligator
1991 Hot Flash Alligator
1992 Broadcasting Alligator
1994 Old, New, Borrowed, & Blue Alligator
1996 Cleaning House Alligator
1998 Live and Uppity Alligator
2001 Ain't Gonna Hush Alligator
The Middle Aged Blues Saffire