Etta James was a singer who came into the limelight because of her music career. Etta had two sons, Sametto James being one of them, and he followed in his mother’s footsteps like his brother and pursued a career as a singer.
While Sametto also pursued a career as a singer like his mother, he did not rise to much fame. He lived a private life all his life, taking most of his details away from the public domain. There are no records of his birth year, although his brother Donto James was born in 1968.
Biography
Sametta James is a singer who has lived a private life. He began singing like his mother, but he has chosen to keep his private matters out of the limelight. Sametta’s birth details are not known, and there are no records of his father.
According to Etta James, the father to her sons was never a present father. He did not raise his sons, and Eta worked hard to provide for her two sons. Sametta is the younger one, and he has kept off the limelight unlike his brother Dotto.
According to Dotto, they lived a poor life when he was growing up. His mother struggled with drug addiction when Sametto was young, and she spent a few times in rehab. While his mother would go to rehab, his grandmother would take care of them, shielding the truth away from the singer’s children.
Career
Sametto and his brother Donto became interested in the music sector from a young age. They would travel on tours alongside their mother, and this influenced their love for music, and performing.
In 2003, Sametto ventured into music production, when he and his brother were the producers for their mother’s 2003 album, Let’s Roll, and her 2004 album, Blues to the Bone. There are records that Sametto has released a few songs, but there are no records of hit songs.
During the 46th and 47th Grammy Awards, Sametto and his brother won the Best Contemporary Blues Album and the Best Traditional Blues Album. During his mother’s last tour, Sametto and Donto accompanied their mother. Sametto was the bass guitar player in the band, while his brother played the drums.
Family Dispute
In 2008, the James brothers were involved in a family dispute against the singer’s husband, on who should manage their mother’s estate. Etta James’s husband had been married to the singer for over four decades, and at that time, he acted as conservator to the singer’s estate after she fell ill.
Artis Mills, James’s husband wanted access to the singer’s financial accounts to continue paying for her care. Sametto and his brother opposed Mills’s request and requested to be temporary conservators of the estate.
Donto and Sametto came into agreement with Mills and they agreed to let him continue making health-related and financial-related issues regarding their mother. Sametto’s mother died on January 20, 2012, due to complications from Leukemia.
