in Memorium: Etta James

While her death incited me to rediscover some songs i hadn't heard in a while, but this is one of my all time busted-love favorites. i discovered it in February of 2009 while living in Washington DC for a month for work. i was with a coworker getting a drink and warming up after the shift, and she put this song on the jukebox and sang it, and i instantly knew it would be part of my story. i've listened to it a lot and shared it with a some really beautiful people since then, which has only intensified, rather than diminished, its heart wrenching soulfulness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YApNirMC9gM