ETTA JAMES JOINS THE BIG GIG IN THE SKY . . . SHE LIVED WHAT SHE SANG, AS SO MANY GREAT ARTISTS DO

R.I.P MISS JAMESETTA HAWKINS, HER REAL NAME, AS THE "BIG WIK" INFORMS ME . . . .
GONE, BUT MOST DEFINITELY NOT FORGOTTEN . . .

IF BY SOME CHANCE YOU ARE UNAWARE OF THIS INCREDIBLY TALENTED, GROUNDBREAKING WOMAN'S PLACE IN THE MUSICAL SCHEME OF THINGS I'VE INCLUDED A LINK TO THE WIK'S BIO, WHICH IN HER CASE IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY ACCURATE.

HAVE A READ THEN GO AND HAVE A LISTEN TO HER DOING HER STUFF, YOUTUBE OR WHEREVER ELSE YOU GO . . . . NOT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AND IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL LISTENING.

FINAL WORD ON ETTA, ONCE AGAIN I'M FORCED TO CONTEMPLATE THE FOLLOWING, AS I DO EVERYTIME SOMEONE OF HER ILK SLIPS AWAY . . .
YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR IN FIFTY YEARS TIME THEY'LL STILL BE SINGING HER SONGS, SOMEHOW I THINK WE WON'T BE SAYING THE SAME FOR GA GA ET AL . . . . REAL TALENT DIMINISHES BY THE DAY IT SEEMS . . .

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