Born January 25, 1938. Died January 20, 2012. And lived a hell of a life in between. Jerry Wexler called her the greatest of all modern blues singers. There’s an excellent eulogy from the Sun Times here.
It was difficult finding any live performances on YouTube but here is one. I’ve also included an audio/video of one of her best songs.
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The Damned ‘Smash It Up’ (1979)
BB King Stevie Ray Vaughan Etta James – Midnight Hour
Elmore James – The Sky is Crying
So that Wilson Pickett number had in mind of a fake band put together for a movie in 1991 – that sold millions of soundtrack copies and the film has been seen by over a *billion people* !!
And even better …. the Commitments reformed to play a few gigs just last year
Chain of Fools
Mustang Sally
Fantastic film and it also put me on to Roddie Doyle. They did film the last two novels in the trilogy, but they were quite different and got darker and darker.
Stones cover Etta James …. “I just want to…”
Etta James – Money, that’s what i want…
Etta James & Sugar Pie DeSanto – In the Basement
Ok, have to try and get home in the rain and the slushy ‘breakup’ here…
Back in 1975, the band that came from nowhere by playing clubs and pubs up and down the country was Doctor Feelgood. A hard core blues sound from the mud flats of East London which was *the* ticket to have back then. Saw them myself in 1987 at Edinburgh’s Preservation Hall (a Scottish Presby church is a great place for this stuff)
Cell block #9 and I don’t mind
The story of Doctor Feelgood is called ‘Oil City Confidential’ – I really enjoyed being taken back there in this retrospective of the band.
Doctor Feelgood – Roxette
DOUBLE CROSSING BLUES – Johnny Otis-Little Esther – 1949
Johnny Otis Show – Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
Dave Matthews Band – Satellite
M.A.R.S. – Pump Up The Volume
Robyn Hitchcock “Adventure Rocketship”
A new day will come …
What Obama almost sang. I have the original on LP, 1971 or 1972 I think.
Al Green – Lets Stay Together
Love it.
That one even lowers my blood pressure.
The I hope the Eagles didn’t kill you stone dead.
Thanks for your lifetime; made mine a little easier. Will continue to love ya Etta…..
Sneaky transition in the middle.
** uncertain if it’s important – - today is 20 January 2012
not
RIP Etta James, Feb. 20, 2012
Thanks, Ebb. I didn’t even notice.
Gummitch got a little ahead of himself!!
Etta James & Harvey Fuqua – It’s A Crying Shame
Etta James – You Got It (1968)
From the Lady of Soul to the Queen…..
That’s lovely. I hadn’t heard this one before.
You’re the tenth person who has.
???
being facetious. It’s not a well known song of hers.
Ah, well then I’m honored.
Bedbugs And Ballyhoo- Echo And The Bunnymen
REVEREND HORTON HEAT LIVE! ON CONAN O’BRIEN
Link Wray-Rumble
Lee Oskar Harmonica Jam
Stone Sour Bother
Adele – Set Fire To The Rain
The Housemartins – Think For A Minute
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zxbe, thanks for the intro to:
Phineas Newborn,Jr. Trio – Grooveyard
Glad you like it.
Imelda May – Mayhem
Florence + The Machine – Shake It Out
Dio We Rock
Midnight Oil – King Of The Mountain
Midnight Oil – Diesel and Dust – The dead heart
Mountains of Burma – Midnight Oil
I hate it when I can’t sleep, and there’s absolutely no one around…