Just heard the sad news that Etta James passed away today at the age of 73. Look for an official Cover Story next week, but in the meantime, in honor of this legendary “At Last” voice, I present a song from The Dreamer
Just heard the sad news that Etta James passed away today at the age of 73. Look for an official Cover Story next week, but in the meantime, in honor of this legendary “At Last” voice, I present a song from The Dreamer
Sad, sad news. Etta rocked and rolled and her legacy deserve to last a really long time. This is not a bad place to start if you don’t know her work:
http://www.amazon.com/Her-Best-Chess-Anniversary-Collection/dp/B000WM0OBQ/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1327082882&sr=301-1
Consider adding Johnny Otis to that. http://boingboing.net/2012/01/20/etta-james-and-johnny-otis-ri.html
Awww, crud. 🙁
My favorite song of all time, I think, is Etta’s cover of The Eagles’ Take It to the Limit, specifically the version on Fish Tree Water Blues, which I think is identical to the one on Live From San Francisco. The Amazon link for the MP3 is
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00138AYPO/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk2
I would love to hear this on Coverville at some point.
As you probably know: Johnny Otis renamed Jamesetta Hawkins as Etta James. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James