Etta James: "I'd Rather Go Blind"

Etta James (1938-2012) soul classic “I'd Rather Go Blind”   (Live at Montreux 1975)

A raw, fierce, burn-down-the-house soul blues prayer unrivaled in the annals of recorded live performances... emotional pain unleashed exposed expressed and exorcised.

"When I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries," she said on this biography page. 

In her signature song, James covers the seven stages of grief, skips the 6th stage, acceptance and hope, and stunningly emotes the 7th stage, processing grief.

Definitively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James_discography

Comments

[Gerard McMahon]

Some of her songs can give me the shivers if they hit me at the right moment!

Her 1960 hit "At Last" was featured in the 1998 film "Pleasantville" it gave the song another run on the charts!

[Susan M Bennett]

So true PT!