Music / blues
Preview: At Last, St Georges Hall
The turbulent life of Etta James will be played out through a narrative concert at St Georges Hall on April 3 by Australian performer Vika Bull who has led the show since it first hit circulation in 2014 to rave reviews.
As number 22 on NME’s list of 100 greatest singers of all time, Etta James’s voice is easily recognisable, with hits such as At Last, I’d Rather Go Blind and I Just Want To Make Love To You – big shoes to fill for any singer. Are there any similarities between them? “Really, the only thing Etta and I have in common is the singing. I often wonder when I do the show what Etta would think of this,” Vika says. “She’s almost like a second sister. I hope she would like it.”
“I watched interviews and film clips and videos,” when researching for the show “That’s what I love about the internet, there’s so much stuff on there. Clips of Etta singing while she’s off her face but still singing really great. And interviews where she’s incredibly witty. She was a very funny woman. And she could be a cheeky thing, could be quite overtly sexual on stage. You think: ‘I can’t believe she did that’. ”
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The biopic will be coming to St Georges Hall, April 3.
For more information and to get tickets, go to www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
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