“That girl you had didn’t have no sense / She wasn’t worth all the time that you spent / She had another man throw you outdoors / Now the same man is wearing your clothes / I want you to…” – Etta James (Tell Mama: Composed by Clarence Carter / Marcus Daniel / Wilbur Terrell)

Etta James, born Jamesetta Hawkins in Los Angeles, CA on January 25, 1938

January 25, 2015February 18, 2016 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/Portraits, Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, blues art, blues music, blues musicians, etta james, freakoutville, graphic art, jude kane, music, R&B

“I couldn’t imagine owning beauty like my mothers. I wouldn’t dare.” – Janet Fitch, White Oleander

 

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

Recorded at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, AL… Etta James: Tell Mama

(Check out Janis Joplin’s ass-kickin’ cover of this song. And Marva Whitney’s!)

May 12, 2013 by Freakoutville Categories: Freakoutville Art / Jude KaneTags: art, etta james, freakoutville, graphic art, jude kane, Mother's Day, music, Photoshop, quotes, vector art

“And you smile, you smile / Oh, and then the spell was cast / And here we are in Heaven / For you are mine at last” -Etta James (At Last)

Rest in peace, Miss Etta James, at last the skies above are blue…

January 20, 2012 by Freakoutville Categories: Blues Art/PortraitsTags: At Last (song), celebrity portraits, CG, etta james, freakoutville, Jamesetta Hawkins, jude kane, Miss Peaches- The Matriarch of R&B, music, R&B