Etta James
BB King's Blues Club
New York City, NY
September 1, 2001
(Two Of Us Master Series Volume 123)

DAT Master

Transfer: Two Of Us DAT Master > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX 8 / ozone 9 (mastered) > xACT 2.50 > FLAC

01 Come To Mama
02 I�d Rather Go Blind
03 I Want To Ta-Ta You Baby
04 My Dearest Darling
05 All I Could Do Was Cry
06 Stop The Wedding Tease
07 I Was Born Blue > Improv
08 I'll Take Care Of You
09 Band Introduction >
10 Love And Happiness >
11 Take Me To The River >
12 My Funny Valentine

Known Faults:
-Come To Mama: joined in progress
-My Funny Valentine: end cut

Welcome to Volume 123 of the "Two Of Us" Master Series.

Between 1983 and 2002 there were not any tapers more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of two decades they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times. If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton. What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped.

They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists. If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired.

The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats. The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition.

Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them. This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio. We hope you enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride.

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Etta James @ BB King's Blues Club - NYC, NY September 1, 2001

As I've previously mentioned one of the exciting aspects of the Two Of Us Master Series is the diversity of artists captured. The legendary ladies of Blues and R & B was a major focus capturing many of the under represented legends like Martha Reeves, Darlene Love, Ronnie Spector and others all to be featured in upcoming volumes.

I am a fan of this genre of music and all the R & B legends Two Of Us captured, but none of them bring it to the stage like Etta James. I've not had the opportunity to listen to much live Etta James and I have been missing out. Etta is not your normal "play 10 three minute songs with a medley thrown in and your done" performer.

The second of two nights at BB King's is another great performance from the The Matriarch of R & B. Plenty of improvisation on the blues numbers as well as Swamp Dogg's 1970 release "I Was Born Blue", tonight's version only stretching to 11 minutes vs the previous night's 18 minute version.

Tonight's performance does feature a slightly different setlist to the first night with a welcome "Love And Happiness", "Take Me To The River" snippet replaces the "Low Rider" snippet.

For the first time she performs a song from the new release she was promoting with a 10 minute improvisational version of "My Funny Valentine" to close the show (cutting off before complete).

We now have two 2001 shows and both are highly recommended even if you're a casual Etta fan.

Samples and artwork provided...

Always a massive thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these legendary performers, the HOURS and HOURS spent waiting in line, traveling, money on tickets as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their life's work, our little community is indebted to you both. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in all these great releases and goody for being on call to ensure we are tuned to the correct pitch...we've barely scratched the surface.

Artwork included...

mjk5510 & Two Of Us

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031 Blasters 1985-10-26 NYC, NY
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035 Elvis Costello 1989-08-19 Philadelphia
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059 Nick Lowe 1989-04-21 Ann Arbor, MI
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085 Darlene Love 2001-12-21 New York City, NY
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