Blues for Bad Girls, Part 1: Don’t Start Me to Talking, Stop Watching Your Enemies

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. So many superb blues for bad girls! This was a tough choice. In the end, I picked Etta James’s marvelous rendition of Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Don’t Start Me to Talking,” and one of Koko Taylor’s many excellent versions of her own song “Stop Watching Your Enemies” because they are an excellent commentary on the week’s news about France’s possible role in Rwanda’s genocide and UNASUR’s decision on a slow military withdrawal from Haiti.

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Etta James: My Funny Valentine | The Sky Is Crying

Etta James, You Tube (courtesy of Yvonne Koendeerman and Caela Harlot) | Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Etta could dig into a 12-bar blues as well as she could stretch the phrases of a jazz ballad. Thank you, Etta. So glad you were here. You are missed.

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