{"id":608,"date":"2012-01-20T18:49:33","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/http:\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/rip-etta-james\/"},"modified":"2016-12-26T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T22:16:47","slug":"rip-etta-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/rip-etta-james\/","title":{"rendered":"RIP Etta James"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><div class='posterous_autopost'>Nooooo! Etta James died today. Leukemia. <\/p>\n<p \/>My friend Achterom introduced me to Etta James. Of course I knew who she was, like everyone else I knew she was the old broad who sings &quot;At Last.&quot; A pretty enough song, with very little spunk. I wasn&#39;t too impressed with it. But he went to go see her live, and wouldn&#39;t shut up about it. There she was, a woman in her late sixties, making raunchy stage jokes and treating the microphone like a dildo. She was feisty and larger than life, like a queen of the Blues should be. Having (at last) upped my respect for the the Matriarch of R&amp;B, I started playing her more rockabilly songs in my DJ sets. Somehow tracks like &quot;In the Basement&quot; seem to fit in just fine along with heavy dance numbers with thumpin&#39; bass. Maybe that&#39;s why Avicii&#39;s chose to sample her song &quot;Somebody Got A Hold On Me&quot; for their huge 2011 dance hit, &quot;Levels.&quot;<\/p>\n<p \/> Etta remixed:<\/p>\n<p \/><a href=\"http:\/\/clockwatching.net\/%7Ekarma\/ynfb\/indie-music-downloads\/rip-etta-james\/Etta%20James%20-%207-day-fool-whiskey-barons-edit.mp3\">Etta James &#8211; 7 Day Fool (Whiskey Barons Edit) <\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/clockwatching.net\/%7Ekarma\/ynfb\/indie-music-downloads\/rip-etta-james\/Avicii%20-%20Levels%20%28Vitzi%27s%20Old%20School%20Intro%20Bootleg%29%20%28ft.%20Etta%20James%29.mp3\">Avicii &#8211; Levels (feat. Etta James)<\/a><\/p>\n<p \/>Etta served straight:<\/p>\n<p \/><a href=\"http:\/\/clockwatching.net\/%7Ekarma\/ynfb\/indie-music-downloads\/rip-etta-james\/Etta%20James%20-%20In%20The%20Basement,%20Part%20One.mp3\">Etta James &#8211; In the Basement (Part I)<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/clockwatching.net\/%7Ekarma\/ynfb\/indie-music-downloads\/rip-etta-james\/0348%20-%20Etta%20James%20-%20The%20Wallflower%20%28Roll%20With%20Me%20Henry%29%20%281955%29.mp3\">Etta James &#8211; the Wallflower<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/clockwatching.net\/%7Ekarma\/ynfb\/indie-music-downloads\/rip-etta-james\/0347%20-%20Etta%20James%20-%20Tell%20Mama%20%281967%29.mp3\">Etta James &#8211; Tell Mama<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/clockwatching.net\/%7Ekarma\/ynfb\/indie-music-downloads\/rip-etta-james\/Etta-James-Spoonful%20[-][Duet%20with%20Harvery%20Fuqua].wma\">Etta James &#8211; Spoonful (WMA file)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/clockwatching.net\/%7Ekarma\/ynfb\/indie-music-downloads\/rip-etta-james\/Etta-James-I%20Just%20Want%20to%20Make%20Love%20to%20You.wma\">Etta James &#8211; I Just Wanna Make Love to you (WMA file)<\/a><\/p>\n<p \/> Fun facts about Etta James:<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#39;s rumored that she dated BB King when she was only 16, and that the song &quot;Sweet Little 16&quot; was written about her.<\/li>\n<li>She is believed to be half-white, though no one can say with certainty as Etta never knew who her father was. She suspected it was the pool player, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rudolf_Wanderone_Jr.\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Rudolf Wanderone Jr.\">Rudolf &quot;Minnesota Fats&quot; Wanderone<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>She was a heroin addict and one of the many celebrities who received treatment at the Betty Ford clinic.<\/li>\n<li>After Beyonce inaccurately portrayed her in a movie, Etta James said she couldn&#39;t stand the singer and threatened that &quot;she would get her ass whooped,&quot; though her children claim this was said because she had begun suffering from Alzheimer&#39;s.<\/li>\n<li>James has received more than 30 awards throughout her life, including six Grammys and entry into The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, The Rockabilly Hall of Fame and the Blues Hall of Fame. <\/li>\n<li>Etta claimed to have written many of her songs, but didn&#39;t take the credit for tax reasons. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"r\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;ved=0CCAQtwIwAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRSueUWF0NuE&amp;ei=AfIZT8iaEIqniAKzosGrCA&amp;usg=AFQjCNFx5m5UU8sADdXPo19C948gdaFRZw\" class=\"l\">Def Jef feat Etta James &#8211; <em>Dropping Rhymes On Drums (1989)<br \/> <\/em><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RSueUWF0NuE\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p \/> <b>Etta James singing &quot;I&#39;d Rather Go Blind&quot; with BB King<\/b><\/p>\n<p \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o2mhdidocTM\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\"><\/iframe>      <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\">Posted via email<\/a>  from <a href=\"http:\/\/likedancingaboutarchitecture.posterous.com\/rip-etta-james\">Like Dancing About Architecture<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nooooo! Etta James died today. Leukemia. My friend Achterom introduced me to Etta James. Of course I knew who she was, like everyone else I knew she was the old broad who sings &quot;At Last.&quot; A pretty enough song, with very little spunk. I wasn&#39;t too impressed with it. 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