Damn, I miss Etta: possibly the least understood, most underappreciated singer of her era - maybe tied with Nina Simone - Etta deserved to be as renowned as Aretha Franklin, but her own demons mitigated against huge success early in her career. Bad luck played its part, too, as this LP from 1978 should have done for her what The Healer did for John Lee Hooker. Stellar backing ensured all was peerless: Chuck Rainey, Merry Clayton, Jeff Porcaro, Cornell Dupree, Larry Carlton, Richard Tee - at least two of whom worked on Howard Tate's masterpiece debut on Verve. For one track alone, this will always be a fave: her interpretation of The Eagles' 'Take It To The Limit'. Astounding.
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机译：该死的，我想念Etta：可能是她那个时代了解得最少，最不被赞赏的歌手-也许和Nina Simone有联系-Etta值得像Aretha Franklin那样出名，但是她自己的恶魔却减轻了她职业生涯早期的巨大成功。运气也起了作用，因为1978年的这张唱片应该为她做了《治疗者》为约翰·李·胡克（John Lee Hooker）做的事情。恒星的支持确保了所有人的绝望：查克·雷尼（Chuck Rainey），梅里·克莱顿（Merry Clayton），杰夫·波卡罗（Jeff Porcaro），康奈尔·杜普瑞（Cornell Dupree），拉里·卡尔顿（Larry Carlton），理查德·蒂（Richard Tee）-至少有两个人参与了霍华德·泰特（Howard Tate）在杰作上的首演。仅就一个曲目而言，这永远是最喜欢的：她对The Eagles的“ Take It to the Limit”的诠释。惊人。
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