Etta James: At Last (Chess 75) 1LP ETJS-126.1 While the songs are familiar

While the songs are familiar to most

Weary Blues

original liner notes by Ben Sidran and Bob Porter

” the Quincy Jones bebop theme “Wail Bait

Raise The Roof

Etta James: At Last (Chess 75) 1LP ETJS-126.1 While the songs are familiarChess, 1960 Chess Records was more than the home of guitar driven blues; their Argo imprint was the longtime home of Etta James, whose powerful voice remains a gold standard for pop and souls most impassioned belters. 1960s At Last bolstered by renditions of Stormy Weather, A Sunday Kind of Love, I Just Want to Make Love to You and the immortal title track, which became her signature song is perhaps the purest essence of Ettas craft pressed onto