Etta James on ACL

Jay Fagerlie · Post by **Jay Fagerlie** » 23 Oct 2005 8:52 am

This week PBS is showing Etta James on Austin City Limits.
If you want to see a pro (been doin' it over 50 years)then you need to tune in.
I absolutely love her phrasing and the way she picks her notes.
Definately a living legend.
It's a must see.
Jay

Webb Kline · Post by **Webb Kline** » 23 Oct 2005 9:22 am

That's a great concert. Etta has been one of my wife's strongest vocal influences. She can still belt it as well as ever.

And what a band! Her kids really put together a fine group of players for her.

Jim Peters · Post by **Jim Peters** » 24 Oct 2005 1:56 pm

Got to hear Etta in St. Louis a couple years ago, sat on the side of the stage next to the B3 (Dave Mathews was his name). She was awesome, and the B3 was SPECTACULAR. JP

Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 25 Oct 2005 9:18 am

Yeah, that's David K. Matthews on the B-3. What a great player! At one point he was holding a chord with one hand and moving a tone slider in and out in time to the music with the other. I'd never seen that technique before. Way cool.

Charles French · Post by **Charles French** » 25 Oct 2005 12:54 pm

Yeah and she does one heck of a version of "Almost Persuaded"