Etta James has passed

Posted by: The Hawk on 20 January 2012

I loved her voice and her style.

 

May she rest in peace!

 

Dave

Posted on: 20 January 2012 by Richard D

Sad news indeed, another one of the GREATS departs.

Posted on: 20 January 2012 by KeanoKing

She was amazing.

 

will play this as it is full on and one of my favourites!

 

 

atb

kk

Posted on: 20 January 2012 by Steve J

 

One of my all time favourite live LPs. Considering the equipment used to record this small venue concert the SQ is excellent and really captures the atmosphere. As the title suggests, it ROCKS.

Posted on: 20 January 2012 by glevethan
TELL MAMMA


When the Chess brothers sent Etta down to Rick Hall's FAME STUDIOS in Muscle Shoals to work with the "house band" (Jimmy Johnson,Roger Hawkins,David Hood, Spooner Oldham et al) little did they know that THE GREATEST RECORD in the history of Southern Soul would come out.

Even the FAME boys admitted that during their entire careers only Etta could go toe to toe with Aretha!

Pure genius. Thank you Miss Peaches.

Gregg
Posted on: 22 January 2012 by KeanoKing

Found this link on another forum.

 

http://classicbluesvideos.com/...%20of%20Etta%20James

 

enjoy

 

atb

kk

Posted on: 22 January 2012 by Jonn

This chess remaster includes all the hits and sound quality is superb. Only a fiver from Amazon.

 

Product Details

Posted on: 23 January 2012 by bdnyc

Hi Gregg-

 

For those less steeped in southern soul, which title are you referring to as the pinnacle of that rich genre?

 

I still recall the pleasure of seeing Etta James and the Tower of Power Horns join the Grateful Dead on stage for their annual New Years Eve blast in 1982.   The Dead's friend Bill Graham had clearly orchestrated this jam session, and they way they dealt with a rehearsal was to do it on stage the night before which was also a concert, so the audience got to see the musicians getting to know each other.  It was funny and instructive to hear how she heard the Dead.   In the New Year's show, she did a little spoken riff about the blues being from down south, and she allowed as how the Dead had to have been from down south as they riffed on Otis Redding's Hard to Handle.    As Garcia stretched it out, she laughed and corrected herself by saying that they were a lowdown funky Bluegrass Band, which was a nice way of saying they were not just a blues band.    When they hit their full stride with Etta on Lovelight, which they hadn't played since 1972 (when the closest thing the Dead had to a blues vocalist in their fallen comrade Pigpen had died), it was a perfect merging of the blues and R & B influences the Dead had assimilated in their unique American dance music.

 

You can find some of this on You Tube if you are interested.

 

Cheers,

 

Bruce

Posted on: 23 January 2012 by glevethan

Hi Bruce

 

The LP I am referring to is as in the title

Tell Mamma

 

I have the original press in both Mono and Stereo (my main collecting passion is Southern Soul from that era).  They are not cheap - now without a doubt probably quite expensive.

 

There was a CD reissue with estensive liner notes  - worth the purchase - even just for the liner notes as you can realize how monumental Etta truly was.  I have most of her output on original press.

 

If you need more information on the genre of Southern Soul feel free to ask - I have a fairly definitive collection (around 800 lp's) of the genre.  I have turned Jay Coleman on to several of the "classics".

 

Best

Gregg

Posted on: 24 January 2012 by bdnyc

Thanks Gregg,

 

      I'll add the CD to my growing list of music to order.    Now that it is all but impossible to buy CD's in person it is easier to stick to a wish list than I ever did in the days when I could roam the racks in a good record store, and I would inevitably find things to buy even when the thing I wandered in for was not in stock.

 

      Best,

 

      Bruce