Etta James
John Morthland, Rolling Stone, 10 August 1978
IT IS A cruel irony that had she not been a junkie for thirteen of her forty years, Etta James would probably still be working whats left of the chitlin circuit rather than playing white showcase clubs and opening some dates on the current Rolling Stones tour.
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