Program:
- Etta James
Tell Mama; Watchdog; The Love of My Man; I'm Gonna Take What He's Got; The Same Rope; Steal Away
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- Tell Mama
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- Chess
- Etta James and Sugar Pie de Santo
Do I Make Myself Clear
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- Down in the Basement (Sugar Pie de Santo)
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- Chess
- Etta James and Sugar Pie de Santo
Somewhere Down the Line
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- Gogo Power
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- Kent
- Sugar Pie de Santo
Mama Didn't Raise No Fool; I Want to Know
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- Down in the Basement
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- Chess
- Koko Taylor
Whatever I Am, You Made Me; Insane Asylum
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- Chess
- Big Mama Thornton
They Call Me Big Mama; Hound Dog
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- She's Back!
- Johnny Otis band
Midnight in the Barrelhouse; Faraway Christmas Blues (Johnny Otis on vibraphone); Mambo Boogie; Ain't Nothin' Shakin'
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- The Johnny Otis Show, Vol. 2
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- Savoy
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Strange Things Happening Every Day
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- Women's Boogie?
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- Rosetta
- Evil Gal Blues
Albinia Jones
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- Roots of R'n'R, Blues and Early Soul, Vol. 13
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- Savoy
- Bernice Edwards
Long Tall Mama
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- Mean Mothers (Independent Women's Blues, Vol.1)
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- Rosetta
- Bernice Edwards
You Can't Sleep in My Bed
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- Mean Mothers (Independent Women's Blues, Vol.1)
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- Rosetta
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe
This Train
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- Women's Railroad Blues
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- Rosetta
- Nora Lee King
Cannon Ball
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- Women's Railroad Blues
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- Rosetta
- tracks 1-4, 7
various
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- Jailhouse Blues
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- Rosetta
- Etta James
Almost Persuaded; The Sky Is Crying; I'd Rather Go Blind; Sunday Kind of Love; Out On the Streets Again; At Last
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- (by request)
ETTA JAMES MEMORIAL BROADCAST following up from Across 110th St.
Etta James (January 25, 1938 - January 20, 2012) RIP.
Etta James recordings followed by an (almost) all-women's blues, roots, and R&B program, including a short commemoration of Johnny Otis (December 28, 1921 - January 17, 2012).
Keep in mind that Something Inside of Me now airs from 2-4 pm on Saturdays, followed by our new show "Hobo's Lullaby". Questions? Comments? Email american@wkcr.org.
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