Casey Hensley is an American female blues, swing, and rock and roll singer, songwriter and record producer.
[4] Hensley grew up listening to Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, Ray Charles, The Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, The Temptations and Freddie Mercury among others.
[3] Hensley formed and fronted a band called Chasing Norman, before deciding in her early twenties to branch out as a solo performer.
[6] Becoming based in San Diego again, Hensley started to find potential bandmates when attending blues jams in the region.
Among the tracks recorded were covers of Big Mama Thornton's "Ball and Chain", Screamin' Jay Hawkins "I Put a Spell on You", the Irma Thomas number, "You Can Have My Husband", Koko Taylor's "Voodoo Woman", the Willie Dixon penned "I Just Want to Make Love to You", and Elvis Presley's "Hard Headed Woman", plus three original songs written by Hensley.
It was co-produced by Hensley and Chavez, who both featured along with Yearsley on drums, Marcos C. on bass, and Jonny Viau and Steven Ebner on horns.
[10] Containing music that was a mixture of genres including Chicago and jump blues, plus swing and rock and roll, it was recorded at the Grease Punk Studio in Lakeside, California.