Blues Is My Business

E775219

song sound recording

"Blues Is My Business" is a blues track best known from Etta James’s late-career repertoire, often covered by other artists for its driving, classic blues style.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Blues Is My Business	2
Blues Is My Business (cover)	1
Blues Is My Business (Etta James recording)	0

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ sound recording ⓘ
composer	Kevin Bowe NERFINISHED ⓘ Todd Cerney NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	blues ⓘ blues ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	classic blues structure ⓘ driving shuffle feel ⓘ up‑tempo groove ⓘ
hasForm	12‑bar blues ⓘ
hasHookLine	"The blues is my business, and business is good" ⓘ
hasInstrumentation	bass guitar ⓘ drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ horn section ⓘ keyboards ⓘ vocals ⓘ
hasLyricalPerspective	first person ⓘ
hasNotableCover	Blues Is My Business (cover versions by various blues bands) ⓘ
hasNotableVersion	Blues Is My Business (Etta James recording) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReception	regarded as a standout of Etta James’s late‑career recordings ⓘ
hasStyle	electric blues ⓘ modern blues ⓘ
hasTempo	up‑tempo ⓘ
hasTheme	assertive personal independence ⓘ embracing the blues lifestyle ⓘ
isFrequentlyCoveredBy	contemporary blues artists ⓘ
isPartOfRepertoireOf	Etta James NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ English ⓘ
lyricist	Kevin Bowe NERFINISHED ⓘ Todd Cerney NERFINISHED ⓘ
notablePerformer	Etta James NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfAlbum	Let's Roll NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer	Etta James NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Donto James NERFINISHED ⓘ Etta James NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Sklair NERFINISHED ⓘ Sametto James NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel	Private Music NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soulfire → hasPart → Blues Is My Business ⓘ

this entity surface form: Blues Is My Business (cover)

Let’s Roll → hasTrack → Blues Is My Business ⓘ

subject surface form: Let's Roll

this entity surface form: The Blues Is My Business

Blues to the Bone → hasTrack → Blues Is My Business ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Blues Is My Business