12-10-2007, 04:01 AM
Etta James rocked the house last night at San Francisco's famed Filmore Auditorium.
Her 70th birthday is Jan.25th 2008 {Congratulations Etta!
don't lose any more weight, there'll be Ø left of you
She is no stranger to this city!
I was lucky enough to see her here 30 years ago
I saw her sharing the stage with Smokey Robinson and Little Anthony in 1965 at a venue in Oakland.
Last night's crowd was clapping and stamping their feet as she made her way to the center of the stage.
She is still able to do her signature song, "At Last" {it takes a lot to muster all those emotions.
She got the audience into a "sing-a-long" of Janis Joplin's Piece of My Heart.
I saw Janis do that song and it made me sad.
Like Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow", quote Liza Minnelli: "that song's been done."
The smell of weed was wafting through the room
The dance floor seemed to come alive and the sound could be felt through one's feet.
I wanted to beat the sound person about the head for his/her's lack of attention to the sound level!
The amplifiers were turned up so loud it caused a very distracting rumbling noise that vibrated the air like an earthquake!
I want to hear her but I want to be able to hear tomorrow too!
I've seen Pearl Bailey, Lena Horne, Diana Ross and the Supremes
take it from me, Etta James is a must see.
The songs she sung that I will go buy: "Damn Your Ass" and "Sugar On The Floor"
She came on some time after ten p.m. bringing with her a full glass of red wine.
After each song she'd take a sip. By the 10-11th song her glass became empty and I knew that meant the end of the evening.
The band was playing enthusiastically as she left the stage then she stopped and gave a great big hug to the 6 ft. tall speaker.
The house lights came on but the audience yelled and clapped till she came back out [with a 1/2 glass of red wine] and sang two more songs.
I really gotta thank this woman for her dedication.
At 1 o'clock in the morning I got to take my tired ass home to my own bed
while she had to sleep in a bus on the road to another state, another venue.
:toasting: to you Etta James
Her 70th birthday is Jan.25th 2008 {Congratulations Etta!
don't lose any more weight, there'll be Ø left of you
She is no stranger to this city!
I was lucky enough to see her here 30 years ago
I saw her sharing the stage with Smokey Robinson and Little Anthony in 1965 at a venue in Oakland.
Last night's crowd was clapping and stamping their feet as she made her way to the center of the stage.
She is still able to do her signature song, "At Last" {it takes a lot to muster all those emotions.
She got the audience into a "sing-a-long" of Janis Joplin's Piece of My Heart.
I saw Janis do that song and it made me sad.
Like Judy Garland's "Over the Rainbow", quote Liza Minnelli: "that song's been done."
The smell of weed was wafting through the room
The dance floor seemed to come alive and the sound could be felt through one's feet.
I wanted to beat the sound person about the head for his/her's lack of attention to the sound level!
The amplifiers were turned up so loud it caused a very distracting rumbling noise that vibrated the air like an earthquake!
I want to hear her but I want to be able to hear tomorrow too!
I've seen Pearl Bailey, Lena Horne, Diana Ross and the Supremes
take it from me, Etta James is a must see.
The songs she sung that I will go buy: "Damn Your Ass" and "Sugar On The Floor"
She came on some time after ten p.m. bringing with her a full glass of red wine.
After each song she'd take a sip. By the 10-11th song her glass became empty and I knew that meant the end of the evening.
The band was playing enthusiastically as she left the stage then she stopped and gave a great big hug to the 6 ft. tall speaker.
The house lights came on but the audience yelled and clapped till she came back out [with a 1/2 glass of red wine] and sang two more songs.
I really gotta thank this woman for her dedication.
At 1 o'clock in the morning I got to take my tired ass home to my own bed
while she had to sleep in a bus on the road to another state, another venue.
:toasting: to you Etta James