The claws are out and Etta James has got some long ones. The 71 year-old singer wants to whoop Beyonce's ass. At a concert last week in Seattle James acknowledged how pissed off she was over Beyonce singing her song "At Last " at President Barack Obama's Neighborhood Inaugural Ball on January 20th. Beyonce mastered the lyrics for her upcoming role as James in the flick Cadillac Records. "She go...
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We've talked before about the connections between Soul and Country music.◄ Then there was a Reggae and Country post ◄. Of course, Ray Charles made the connection quite clear with a whole passle of country sides, and back in '94 Mr. Don Was brought in a bunch of luminaries from both Soul and Country to make Rhythm, Country, and Blues (Killer version of The Weight by The Staples and Marty Stuart
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Great live album from 25 year old Etta James. Recorded live at the New Era Club in Nashville 1963.
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sometimes after a busy day i just like to get home and play me some music to shake off all the stress... not that i stress too much, but you get the picture. this song does the trick... etta james, "come a little closer" lp recorded for capitol rds in 1974. it may be the rockish etta james track i know of but still pure 70's soul. don't get fooled by the awful record cover and play it loud!!
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And I can not be swayed in my opinion..although you may feel free to attempt to persuade me otherwise.
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Etta takes it to the limit and takes it to chuch in this rendition, unlike any you've likely heard before. On top of that, it's live, so you can almost hear the Amens coming from the crowd. Enjoy.
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Here managing the difficult task of making Sonny and Cher's romantic hippie twaddle sound not only palatable, but even soulful, no? This was recorded at Muscle Shoals in March 1968.
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BB King has organized a Blues Festival tour in the US this summer. the legendary blues guitarist/singer will be joined by the incredible Al Green, and the lovely Etta James! the Blues Festival will hit 16 cities between the end of July and beginning of Septembre. King is also currently touring until the end of the year on his 60th Anniversary tour.Etta Jamesin addition to these three blues l...
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Few R&B singers have endured tragic travails on the monumental level that Etta James has and remain on earth to talk about it. The lady's no shrinking violet; her autobiography, Rage to Survive, describes her past (including numerous drug addictions) in sordid detail.But her personal problems have seldom affected her singing. James has hung in there from the age of R&B and doo wop in the mid-'5...
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I must have 10 versions of this song, by Pavarotti, Lenotyne Price, Nat Cole, etc, all beautifully sung, and yet, it's this version i keep coming back to. She breathes after virtually every syllable, and it's some of the most excreable french ever sung...also, don't miss her rendering of the line Noel-elll, Noel-Hell!...and still, it works...
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Etta James Sings Funk [Cadet, 1970]"As you can read on the back, funk isn't a style or something like that--it's just, well, Etta. Etta with chorus, Etta with full brass, Etta with strings even. Etta singing a Gershwin song, Etta singing a Bee Gees song, Etta singing three Acuff-Rose songs, Etta singing four Pearl Woods songs. (Pearl Woods?) Highlights: the Acuff-Rose songs. B"From Robert Crist...
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one day i will wake up on a peaceful sunday morning in the arms of someone who loves me...until then, it's just me and etta...
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As a singer, Etta James has few peers. Her lower register carries the impact of a wrecking ball, and at times she sounds like a throwback to the era of husky-voiced blues shouters. She can be gruff and seething, with a menacing growl that explodes a groove song like her classic hit, "Tell Mama." But she also has a sure sense of when to holler and when to purr, and some of her best work has...
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Etta James led a roller-coaster life, sustaining enough spills and thrills to satisfy the wildest daredevil. This live set reflects the ride. Bursting with color, Live in San Francisco is a snapshot from the journey, a record of one remarkable evening when the singer seemed at last, free to purge her soul and impart the joy and pain which gives her art such frightening beauty. It was March of...
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The manager of legendary blues singer Etta James has revealed that she is in stable condition after complications arose during abdominal surgery. Lupe De Leon told reuters that James hopes to be well enough by the end of the summer to join B.B. King and Al Green on their blues tour. Until James returns, Chaka Khan will be filling in with her services."If it had been left solely up to her, she w...
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