Sadly, the 73-year-old singer – is suffering the end stages of terminal leukemia, and dementia, and was recently hospitalized with sepsis, from a urinary tract infection, and placed on a breathing machine.
While this is her last album, we can’t forget her contribution as an original Rhythm and Blues, Doo Wop singer who bridged the gap between Rhythm and Blues and Rock and Roll. In the 1960’s she broke into the traditional pop style singer, who influenced the Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Beyoncé, Janis Joplin and dozens of others of yesterday and today with her powerful bluesy voice, and unique style.
Plagued by drug and alcoholism addiction she was arrested for her drug addiction, accused of cashing bad checks, forgery and possession of heroin. In and out of treatment center s for several decades with her final stint in rehab in 2010 for prescription drug addiction. All of this was going on when she was recording such greats as ‘Dance With Me Henry’, ‘Something’s Got A Hold On Me’, ‘At Last’, ‘Fools Rush In’, and many more memorable singles (58).
THE DREAMER, while not the album of the past decades, as her voice has deepened, and coarsened, her style has changed into a soul/jazz genre of music; it is her last album and worth adding to the Etta James Collection to commemorate the Grammy, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Grammy Lifetime Achievement recipient, and many more accolades, as one of the top singers in our lifetime. Our hats are off to Etta James.
Etta 1962:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzibSiJv8hc
Etta: 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCL2cSk8QcE&feature=related
Etta; 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edGDt5izxIg&feature=related
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