Louise Phelan - I’d Rather Go Blind

► Red Grey Matter ’’Enjoy Your Day’’ Find more quality Blues on YouTube here: ►@RedGreyMatter/playlists ► Subscribe for more videos: @RedGreyMatter ’’Azules’’ “I’d Rather Go Blind“ is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan with co-writing credits to Billy Foster and Etta James. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, released the same year, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic. Original version by Etta James Etta James wrote in her autobiography Rage To Survive that she heard the song outlined by her friend Ellington “Fugi“ Jordan when she visited him in prison. She then wrote the rest of the song with Jordan, but for tax reasons gave her songwriting credit to her partner at the time, Billy Foster, singer with doo-wop group The Medallions. Etta James recorded the song at the FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. It was included on the album Tell Mama and as the B-side of the single of the same name which made number 10 on the Billboard R&B charts, and number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is also on the 1978 Jerry Wexler-produced album Deep in the Night, but there it is titled “Blind Girl“ (track 10). Some critics have regarded “I’d Rather Go Blind“ as of such emotional and poetic quality as to make that release one of the great double-sided singles of the period.[9] Critic Dave Marsh put the song in his book The Heart of Rock and Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Noting that James had recorded the song during a break from heroin addiction, Marsh writes, “the song provides a great metaphor for her drug addiction and intensifies the story.“ Welcome to Red Grey Matter Club! For the last years I’ve collaborated with many famous and relatively unknown blues & Rock artists and labels and helped them reach new audiences through my Red Grey Matter YouTube channel dedicated to promoting only quality music. Slowly growing, the channel has become one of the most popular places for fans of blues & Rock on the web. If you’re a musician/band or music label and want to be featured on Red Grey Matter and the website here is what to do Red Grey Matter is about the music. My mission is to promote lesser known blues & Rock artists and bring you a selection of tunes with real grit and emotion. If you’re a music fan, you can enjoy my playlists on YouTube and my interesting music trivia posts on Facebook. If you’re an artist or label and want to be featured on the website and the channel, check this Page. 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐔𝐬 ➥ 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤: ➥ 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝: ➥ 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫: