her dress.

Singing Jimmy Reed with a few familiar faces.....

RIP Etta...

Rest in Peace Etta, thank you for your beautiful voice.

God bless her. Another one of the greats gone. Will be much missed.

gorgeous voice....evocative. RIP.

Thanks for your beautiful vocal gifts you gave and have left us Etta.
RIP

I hope she rests in peace and love and happiness. She gave us quite a lot in the songs she sang.













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RIP Etta!

R.I.P.

Thank You, Etta!

Keith writes about his bond with her (since they were both ex-junkies) in LIFE.

ROCKMAN

Thanks, Etta James
RIP

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With MT, only John Mayall calls her Etta King.



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I'm thankful I had the chance to see her at the House of Blues in Houston a few years ago. She hobbled and had to sit in a chair, but she still had that impish spirit and that deep voice.
After the show, my friend and I were were driving around the venue in downtown Houston and somehow ended up on an empty street. We saw someone in a wheelchair being willed across the street toward a bus and realized it was Etta. As we passed, I rolled down my window, called her name and said 'We love you....'
I know, original, but I had to say something - she was right there.
She turned, looked at me and said, so sweetly, 'thank you baby...'
Soul, baby, soul....she was the real thing.
And Etta James called me baby....
Love.

Etta James: The 1994 Fresh Air Interview

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GROSS: In 1978 you opened in some cities for the Rolling Stones on their tour. Were the Stones fans of yours?

JAMES: Oh, yeah. Yeah. As a matter of fact, when I was in rehab at the same rehab center in the '70s, '74 or '75, I got a letter from Keith Richards that had said to me that they were getting ready to do a tour. You know, that they had had Tina Turner and they had BB King and they had had different people on their tour and they had wanted me on their tour.

And the letter that they wrote came to the rehabilitation center and the therapist got the letter and he called me to his office and read the letter and the letter said that they - he said we would like to have you on tour with us. We love your music. And, he says, but what you're doing right now is more important than what we could ever do with you but we'll be sure to come back and get you when you're ready.

And that was really cool. That was when they came back in '78 and kept their word.