Influences and Suggested Listening

The woman with the strongest influence - the incendiary Etta James

Suggested listening: Rocks the House, Tell Mama, Her Best - Chess 50th Anniversary collection , my version of Take It (off of Tell Mama)

The bodacious Tracy Turnblatt of John Water's Hairspray

a voice to break your heart -
Little Willie John

Suggested listening:
Fever - the best of

The toughest sound - Ike & Tina Turner

Suggested Listening:
The Ike & Tina Turner Story