The blazing voice of Etta James is unmistakable - filled with power and emotion. “A lot of people think the blues is depressing,” she told The Los Angeles Times in 1992, “but that’s not the blues I’m singing. When I’m singing blues, I’m singing life. People that can’t stand to listen to the blues, they’ve got to be phonies.” The legendary R&B singer died just 5 days before her 74th birthday. R.I.P. Ms. Peaches. Along with the passing of Johnny Otis, James marks a second huge loss to the music universe this week.
BOY WONDER'S HOT CIRCLES/ 10PM-MIDNIGHT
Seven Day Fool/ ETTA JAMES ('61)
Do I Make Myself Clear/ ETTA JAMES & SUGAR PIE DeSANTO (’65)
Hound Dog/ BIG MAMA THORNTON (’52)
Keep on Loving Me Baby/ OTIS RUSH & HIS ORCHESTRA (’58)
I Bet You [The Parliaments]/ DENNIS COFFEY w/ MICK COLLINS & RACHEL NAGY (’11, self titled)
Big in
Gangsta/ TUNE-YARDS (’11, whokill)
The Story of Hip Hop/ THE BOOKS (’10, The Way Out)
I Did Crimes For You/ DEERHOOF (’10, Deerhoof vs. Evil)
Transformer/ MARNIE STERN (’08, This is It & I Am It…)
Short Version/ WILD FLAG (’11, self titled)
She’s a Mindbender/ THE BOTSWANAS (’01, Fade and Your Gone)
Make It in
Your Phone’s Off the Hook, But You’re Not/ X (’80,
He Gets Me High/ DUM DUM GIRLS (’11, He Gets Me High EP)
Swing Set/ THE CUTTERS (’01, Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!)
Tell That Girl to Shut Up [Holly & The Italians]/ TINA & THE TOTAL BABES (’01, She’s So Tuff)
I Am A Cutter/ JOHNNY RENDER (’12, Rendervoux)*
14 Cheerleader Coldfront/ GUIDED BY VOICES (’92, Propeller)
Arrows and Balloons/ ROBERT POLLARD (’11 collection, The Kids Will Eat It Up)
Come On Baby Grace/
The Right/ LOU BARLOW (’09, Goodnight Unknown)
The Lighthouse Will Lead You Out/ CASHIER NO. 9 (’11, To The Death of Fun)*
Hanging About/ IMPERIAL TEEN (’12, Feel the Sound)*
Tensile/ THE CLEAN (’09, Mister Pop)
S.F. Sorrow (Is Born) [The Pretty Things]/ S.F. SEALS (’95, Truth Walks in Sleepy Shadows)
Serpents/ SHARON VAN ETTEN (’12, Tramp)*
In a Magazine/ MARISSA NADLER (’11, self titled)
Everything/ MEGAFAUN (’11, self titled)*
Forgiven/ SKALLANDER (’07, self titled)
Kitty Train/ LISA GERMANO (’09, Magic Neighbor)
Central Park West/ JOHN COLTRANE ('64, Coltrane's Sound)
*new or recent release
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