The great singer Etta James is gravely ill as of this moment. Early this morning, Dred Scott Keyes played a commemoration of her life on WBAI. If you are a fan and want to listen while you are doing your last-minute gift-wrapping or perhaps putting together a bicycle, go to www.wbai.org and then click on Archives in the right-hand column. Scroll down to "Cutting Edge" at 4 a.m. Saturday and click on "play." You will have to scroll back down to the program and click on the black triangle. Etta James had an extraordinary life through the mid-20th century and only received her proper acknowledgement late in her career. I forgot how iconic her voice is until I heard it again this morning on WBAI.
--Bernice
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I saw Etta James perform live in the Village back in college days in the 80s--amazing.
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