At Last - The Etta James Story

A force of nature, music’s original bad girl

In 1938 America had endured a full decade of hardships and economic misery as The Great Depression wreaked havoc across the damaged land. It was to this turbulent backdrop that a fourteen-year-old African American girl gave birth to a baby daughter named Jamesetta Hawkins, but the world would come to know her as Etta. Etta James.
During a long and tumultuous career Etta influenced a vast array of artists from a variety of genres and musical styles including The Rolling Stones, Diana Ross, Janis Joplin, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and more…many more. Etta has been recognized as bridging the gap between rhythm & blues, rock & roll to pop, inspiring the careers of a new generation of artists from Christina Aguilera, Joss Stone and the late Amy Winehouse.
Sadly, her frantic recording and touring schedule coincided with her ever-growing addiction problems and over time Etta not only sang the blues…she lived the blues.

With respect, this is her story.

At Last – The Etta James Story is a two-hour narrative concert starring Vika Bull. Vika brings her heart, soul and funk to tell the story of Etta’s turbulent life and sing her best loved songs including: ‘Tell Mama,’, ‘Something’s Got A Hold On Me’, ‘Pushover’, the heart rending ‘I’d Rather Go Blind’, her iconic signature song ‘At Last’ and more.

Vika Bull will be joined on stage by a sizzling hot 8-piece band that will get you out of your seat and dancing in the aisles!