R.I.P. Fontella Bass

[paul secor]

Obituary: http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/rescue-singer-fontella-bass-dies-18075116

[robertoart]

RIP Miss yoyo.

[J.A.W.]

Very sorry to hear that.

[JSngry]

She'll be missed, that's for sure.

RIP, and thanks.

[sidewinder]

Sad news and very sorry to hear this. RIP.

[JSngry]

Might be time to give this one another listen...

[B. Goren.]

Sad news .

[seeline]

So sorry to hear this - she was amazing.

The 1995 gospel album mentioned in that obit - "No Ways Tired" - is well worth tracking down.

[Chuck Nessa]

Farewell my old friend.

[John L]

RIP

This December has been murder on American musicians.

[Harold_Z]

Loved her music. RIP Fontella

[king ubu]

r.i.p.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

RIP

[jeffcrom]

sigh....

[brownie]

http://www.dailymoti...=2#.UN057oaa-JU

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Damn! All these years and I thought "Rescue Me" was Aretha's work. D'oh!

RIP Fontella. I always love it when "Rescue Me" comes belting out of my speakers.

[alocispepraluger102]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImrVwbYhbrw

[alocispepraluger102]

[JSngry]

[paul secor]

RIP

This December has been murder on American musicians.

A friend emailed me yesterday saying, "I'll be glad when this month is over." All I could answer was "Amen".

[romualdo]

Oh No!

RIP Fontella

[Chuck Nessa]

This is an expanded re-post of something I typed on Facebook (in response to a posting by Stephen Haynes):

When Ann and I moved to Chicago in1966, Lester and Fontella were about the only married couple we knew. They were newly arrived from St. Louis, so we had that in common. Ann and I were remembering good times at their home on 74th St. She was a powerful woman.

[JohnS]

Very sad news, saw her with Lester. A night to remember. And always loved Rescue Me.

Edited December 31, 2012 by JohnS

[clifford_thornton]

She was/is great. Very sad news.

[alocispepraluger102]

http://darkjive.com/2013/01/02/fontella-bass-in-memorium/