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Beyonce is photographed in New York on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008.
Beyonce is photographed in New York on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008. read more »
Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Studios, North Hollywood, California).
Nothing if not eclectic, the Jazzvisions series veers completely away from jazz on its blues installment. The idiom is blues-rock, the headliner is the once and future Eagles star Joe Walsh, and his co-partners are electric bluesman Albert Collins and the indestructible singer Etta James. Within that idiom, though, this is a strong program captained by experts in the arts of blues licks and working the crowd. Collins is terse and stinging on guitar, full of bent-note soul; James is right in her element, laying on the double entendres, whipping up the audience in her experienced manner; and Walsh, aside from the inevitable "Rocky Mountain Way," does well in the blues guitar idiom, even giving a tip of the cap to Collins, "Thanks for all the licks!" The backup band roars in the traditional journeyman electric blues-rock form, with strong piano and organ work and pumping drums. At its best, especially when Collins and James are on, this concert at the indoor Wiltern Theatre has much of the celebratory flavor of a jumping outdoor blues festival. Available on LP, CD, cassette, laserdisc and VHS video.Source: BluesWax
Though not a household name in the Blues, Arizona Blues singer/guitarist Danny Rhodes was loved by those who new him. He passed away on May 23 after a long bout with gastric cancer. He was 58 years old.
Rhodes was based in Cottonwood, Arizona, and in addition to fronting his own popular band, he generously provided guest slots to many of Arizona's Blues veterans at some of his standing casino gigs (Chico Chism, Big Pete Pearson, Tommy Dukes, Small Paul, and Sam Taylor to name a few).
Born in Cairo, Illinois, and Blues bred in Louisiana, Rhodes settled in Arizona in the 1980s. He wrote songs that were covered by Etta James and was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall Of Fame in 2006.
Memorial services will be held on Saturday, May 31, at the Riverfront Park softball field in Cottonwood, Arizona, at 10 a.m. read more »
THE ESSENTIAL ETTA JAMES contains 2 CDs worth of recordings Etta James made for Chess Records between 1960-1975. Also included is a 16-page booklet with photos, interviews and track-by-track annotations.Portraying troubled blues icon Etta James in the film Cadillac Records was a real eye-opener for the singer, but it's Streisand she'd really like to emulate.
Reporting from New York -- On a recent slate-gray afternoon in New York, Beyonc zipped quickly through the front door of trendy Rivington Hotel on Manhattan's Lower East Side. The singer, her hair pulled back tightly, was wearing an immaculate black suit and perfectly knotted necktie that gave her a playful "Victor\Victoria" look, one suggesting to the gawking bystanders that the Rivington's latest guest just might be the world's most Superfly stockbroker...
Beyonce loved gaining weight for her role playing Etta James in "Cadillac Records," and also talked about how the role influenced her new album, I Am.
Spotlight 29 Casino is proud to welcome multiple Grammy winner, Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee and legendary blues artist Etta James and the Roots Band on September 27. Also appearing are special guests Tower of Power, the band critics call "the premiere bastion of true soul and funk in modern music, " who are on their 40th anniversary tour...
JAZZ AT THE BOWL (JZ2)
This season, JZ2 celebrates jazz greats across the spectrum, including George Benson, a birthday celebration with and for Gerald Wilson and Hank Jones, Swing Night with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and the Queen of the Blues herself, Ms. Etta James.
Etta James will play the great outdoor setting of the Hollywood Bowl August 13th, with The Roots Band, followed by The Manhattan Transfer August 16th and the great guitarist George Benson August 27th...
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