Etta James

I just heard the news that Etta James passed. The world has lost one of its major musical talents.



I discovered Etta James in my 20s, working a job that I hated with every cell of my being, which involved doing laundry and ironing and washing fancy flatware from shmoozy dinner parties for two very creepy yuppies (one of whom was a real lech). I worked alone in their house for part of the day, and I'd discovered a stack of CDs in the rec room covered in years of dust, which contained a lot of crap and, somehow, miraculously, a collection of early Etta James. I would blast the CD their BOSE stereo in the kitchen while shaking a tail feather like nobody's business, feeling like I was Myself again.

If anyone doubts that art can save lives- or at least turn a mood around in the face of all obstacles, they just need to listen to some real music. Godspeed, Etta. 

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[soulrole]

what a lady!fly free sister ~~~