Elizabeth King
★★★★ I Got A Love BIBLE & TIRE. CD/DL/LP
Second album from the D-Vine Spirituals gospel queen.
In the early ’70s Elizabeth King recorded gospel 45s for producer and pastor Juan D Shipp’s D-Vine Spirituals label. She then spent the next five decades raising a family before returning in 2021 to record her debut album, Living In The Last
Days, with Bruce Watson. Watson is back helming this follow-up and Shipp is on board too as King revisits some D-Vine material found in the vaults. Now 78, King sings gospel like a sassy blues mama, blazing through Stand By Me and This Robe, then on the title track, over a Stax-like R&B groove, moaning, sighing, crying, “I got a love, people.” Even more impressive, though, is Give Me Wings, an a cappella round sung with her daughters; her raw vocal power something to be truly thankful for.