Barbara Lynn - I'd rather go blind

Barbara Lynn - I'd rather go blind

Singer/guitarist Barbara Lynn was a rare commodity during her heyday. Not only was she a female instrumentalist (one of the very first to hit the charts), but she also played left-handed -- quite well at that -- and even wrote some of her own material. Lynn's music often straddled the line between blues and Southern R&B, and since much of her early work

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[johnnyrockintalkin]

wow, wow .........just a killer version i might even like it better than etta's.......either way what a tremendous interpretation.......how could someone this good be so forgotten......long live barbara lynn.......she needs to be rediscovered.......

[leyburnhealeyman]

@johnnyrockintalkin Check out the Chicken Shack version, with Christine McVie it's awesome. :))

[4empress]

@leyburnhealeyman

I never heard this one you are talking about so I did check it out.

Not bad at all, but,.......... to be honest this version from Miss Barbara Lynn is the bomb.

It gives me goose pimpels and goes all the ways through my bones.

Thanks anyway for sharing the version from the Chicken Shack

[4empress]

@johnnyrockintalkin

I do agree with you 110%, she needs to be rediscovered and needs to be honored now that she is alive.

Miss barbara Lynn was given a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation in 1999.

There weren't really any women playing electric guitar than in those days( I think in the 60s)

She is an incredible guitar player and soul singer, no doubt about that.

[4empress]

@johnnyrockintalkin

Picking leads with her thumb while keeping up a strong rhythm with the rest of her left hand and.... singing with all her soul feelings.

What a classy, soulful Barbara Lynn !

Hope their are promoters out there that can bring her back for once before it's to late that we won't hear this genuinely sweet classy lady. Barbara I love your charisma , your electric guitar sounds and most of all your wonderful singing voice, bless you.

[4empress]

yes, beyonce sang the song but we all no the originals always better

[chylogurti]

Great version of the Etta classic. You've got soul. Thanks for the posting.

[1goldbaby]

GREAT VERSION IT'S SO AMAZING HOW SINCE BEYONCE SANG THIS SONG IT HAS MADE SO MANY PEOPLE AWARE OF THE BEAUTY OF THE MUSIC AND THE SONG...CLASSIC!!!1

[1goldbaby]

clASSIC

[1goldbaby]

so so classic!!!!!

[Dickneeds]

No one is better than ETTA not even Beyonce. But Barbara comes one click from the top with this cover. Never heard her do it. What a find.

[DixieMomma81]

i absolutely love this song reminds me of someone special

[johnnyrockintalkin]

@leyburnhealeyman hey, i did check out christine mcvie's version......yes,... very awesome. i looked into a bunch of her stuff with chicken shack ,solo. and fleetwood mac.......how GREAT this girl is!!!!! never realized what she was all about before.......it is a travesty that she has not been properly recognized for her brilliance........she was so significant to fleetwood mac, but so unfairly overshadowed by stevie nicks.

[PhyllisShepherd]

@4empress Look at the duo Mickey and Sylvia. Sylvia was a guitar student of Mickey's. Their signature song was"Love is strange". Barbara Lynn is tough, no doubt!