- and Ray Charles comes as close as anyone to the free-wheeling, piano-banging, high-spirited, blues-rock style that Terri Gibbs exhibited in her heyday.  Terri is also blind as Ray is; she quit show biz and  settled down.  Terri is another performer, like Judy Henske, who blazed  across the show business scene briefly and then disappeared.  In my view  both Gibbs and Henske were infinitely superior to Janis Joplin, who still  (to this day) gets more and better reviews. On this album, in the  knock-down drag-out blues-rock of "Tell Mama," we hear an artist  every bit as good and as effective as Ray Charles at his best.  The song  "Some Days It Rains All Night Long" is as plaintive a cry as any  artist ever recorded.  Also featured is her big hit "Somebody's  Knockin'"; one understandss why it rocketed up the charts in its time.  "Ashes To Ashes" is a terrific song, superlatively done here.  And I love the up-tempo bluesy "Mis'ry River."  Terri was a real  treasure as a performer and, if anyone knows where I can get any of her  other recordings, please be in touch.  I hope Terri is happy being out of  show biz, but what a loss it is for the rest of us!
- and Ray Charles comes as close as anyone to the free-wheeling, piano-banging, high-spirited, blues-rock style that Terri Gibbs exhibited in her heyday. Terri is also blind as Ray is; she quit show biz and  settled down. Terri is another performer, like Judy Henske, who blazed  across the show business scene briefly and then disappeared. In my view  both Gibbs and Henske were infinitely superior to Janis Joplin, who still  (to this day) gets more and better reviews. On this album, in the  knock-down drag-out blues-rock of "Tell Mama," we hear an artist  every bit as good and as effective as Ray Charles at his best. The song  "Some Days It Rains All Night Long" is as plaintive a cry as any  artist ever recorded. Also featured is her big hit "Somebody's  Knockin'"; one understandss why it rocketed up the charts in its time. "Ashes To Ashes" is a terrific song, superlatively done here. And I love the up-tempo bluesy "Mis'ry River. "  Terri was a real  treasure as a performer and, if anyone knows where I can get any of her  other recordings, please be in touch. I hope Terri is happy being out of  show biz, but what a loss it is for the rest of us!