Etta James at the Ryman

I could not pass this one up. Balcony (which we know is the best place to sit at the Ryman), 2nd row, oh yeah! This sassy, soulful singer is 68 years old and still shakin her groove thang on stage!!! You go, girl.

The keyboard player proved he had a whole lotta soul in his veins, and is possibly an albino african american, when he set the keys on fire by playing with his foot and proceeded to put out the perverbial fire by smacking the keys with a towel! Gotta love that!

She sang new and old favs (thank you Etta for my fav - "At Last") and even blessed us with a cover of the Eagles' "Take It to the Limit." Oh yeah! Check it out:




That's one bad, black woman! Take a bow, Etta!