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UP BLUES: Only a few gain one-name recognition: Barbra, Elvis, Sammy, the Babe. But in the world of blues, Etta means Etta James. She’s the top draw at this weekend’s “first annual” three-day blues festival at Dana Point’s Heritage Park (OC LIVE! Page 4). . . . Since “Roll with Me, Henry” in 1954, the robust 55-year-old singer has become a blues legend. Says James: “A lot of people think the blues is depressing, but that’s not the blues I’m singing. I’m singing life.” Her own performance is Sunday at 7 p.m.