Etta James

hillbilly · Post by **hillbilly** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:11 pm

Local blues lady just passed away.

Post by **Spud** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:39 pm

Etta James was local to the world.

hillbilly · Post by **hillbilly** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:27 pm

Guess she was, she was here in Morganton for years, Center Street (hood) Dad was her mail man, he would take his lunch break on her porch. Her,Charles Bristoll and other locals would be drinking and jaming.Wished they would have invited me

hillbilly · Post by **hillbilly** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:54 pm

Spud--- check out some more local talent, The Mighty Gospel Enforchers, they play on the hill but every one is welcome.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:40 am

For what it's worth. The day after Etta's death, DJ and I had a moment of non silence by listening to some of her music and having a nice discussion about her work and our connections to it as we grew up. Turns out she was in our lives more than "I" realized. We all know "At Last". What are yours?

I thought Foghat wrote this one, lol. Silly naive kid I was. Really old. Like Willie Dixon old. But Etta made it big.

RangerDenni · Post by **RangerDenni** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:48 am

That is one fine singin' woman with a Well Clad Vibrato and a Sudden Sweetness out of a Controlled Growl that FOR SURE sounded like a sophisticated-yet-sexy Woman. I've been listening to the 'Tell Mama' album for a long time and learned a LOT off it although I shall never sound as Grown Up as that! a Legend...

She shall be well missed for SurelyCertainly. xox

nyjm · Post by **nyjm** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:25 am

I'm going to be honest and say I never really listened to Etta James' music. I recognized the name, but before now couldn't have named a song.

This is obviously a serious hole in my musical education. Damn that's a fine voice! To YouTube!

Also, if I get serious about actually *gasp* purchasing something, what do y'all recommend?

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:18 pm

nyjm wrote:Also, if I get serious about actually *gasp* purchasing something, what do y'all recommend?

Purchasing? Order a pizza to eat while you d/l free music.

But for fun, look up old songs by your fav old British bands. Chances are Etta sang them first, lol. Zep has like a half dozen of them. I didn't know until the day after she died.

hillbilly · Post by **hillbilly** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:35 pm

She did some really good stuff with Albert King

fluffy · Post by **fluffy** » Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:10 am

I didn't even realize she was still alive.

And now she isn't.

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