Sunday, December 6, 2009

I'd rather go blind

I just spent my saturday night watching the movie Cadillac Recordswith wifey. Some people say the movie is an insult to the artists and history of Chess Records. (Mos Def playing Chuck Berry was Hilarious) All in all the movie was ok and made me wanna do my own research about the Blues, Chicago in the 50's, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Howlin' Wolf and Etta James, Willie Dixon and Leonard Chess (all in the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame). At the end of the movie Etta James (played by Beyoncé) performs "I'd rather go blind". Beyoncé did a great job with her interpretation of the song but somehow, nothing beats the vibe of the original version...