Bettye LaVette

“I ain’t got no f*cking other plan,” says the legendary Bettye LaVette. She’s talking about her 61-year storied career, beginning in 1960’s Detroit, with a resurgence in the mid-2000’s. For her latest GRAMMY® nominated LP, simply titled LaVette! she teamed once again with producer Steve Jordan for a special release on Jay-Vee Records, the label founded by Jordan and Meegan Voss. An interpreter without peer, Bettye chose to record an album of songs written by Randall Bramblett. “I think he’s the best songwriter I’ve heard in the past 30 years,” says LaVette, “and I just discovered him eight years ago.” “I've always felt that if Bettye could just sing the songs she really wanted to sing, she would get the most out of it,” says Jordan, “LaVette! checks all the boxes.”