“I’d Rather Go Blind“ Etta James | CME Full Band Fridays

In this week’s Full Band Friday, the CME House Band slows down with this 1967 Etta James classic, “I’d Rather Go Blind.” SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE CHICAGO MUSIC EXCHANGE!! More About “I’d Rather Go Blind“ “I’d Rather Go Blind“ is a blues song written by Ellington Jordan and co-credited to Billy Foster and Etta James. It was first recorded by Etta James in 1967, released in 1967, and has subsequently become regarded as a blues and soul classic. 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.