My wife LOVES Etta James! To be honest, before I met her, I really never knew Etta James' music.

Have you run into Big Mama Thornton or Sister Rosetta Tharpe?

Those were a couple of fun finds online. I used to book a blues guy. Kind of the Stevie Ray Vaughn of New Jersey. If you like the blues, I think you will like these two:

Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog

Big Mama Thornton performs Ball and Chain with Buddy Guy's Blues Band

(Big Mama Thornton wrote Ball and Chain)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe- "Didn't It Rain?" Live 1964