“My singing comes from experience. My own experience. My own feeling. I got my own feelings for everything.” This 1966 session finds singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton backed by Muddy Waters’s superb blues band. Although the session was recorded without the benefit of a rehearsal, Big Mama’s passion and the band’s innate musical abilities are on full display. The liner notes include comments by noted jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason. Credits: Arranged By – W. M. Thornton* (tracks: 3, 6, 11), Minnie Lawlars* (tracks: 3, 6, 11) Bass – Luther Johnson Drums – Francis Clay Guitar – Muddy …read more
“My singing comes from experience. My own experience. My own feeling. I got my own feelings for everything.” This 1966 session finds singer Willie Ma… read more
“My singing comes from experience. My own experience. My own feeling. I got my own feelings for everything.” This 1966 session finds singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton backed by Muddy…read more
Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton, December 11, 1926, Ariton, AL - July 25, 1984, Los Angeles, CA) was an American blues musician. Her introduction to music, as with most fellow blues legends, started in the Baptist church. The daughter of a minister, she and her six siblings began to sing at a very early age. While still a child, Willie Mae taught herself to play the drums and harmonica, and by the age of 14, she had run away from home to make her career in secular music. She joined Sammy Green's "Hot Harlem Revue" and toured throughout the South in the 1940… read more
Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton, December 11, 1926, Ariton, AL - July 25, 1984, Los Angeles, CA) was an American blues musician. Her introduction to music, as with most fellow blues… read more
Big Mama Thornton (Willie Mae Thornton, December 11, 1926, Ariton, AL - July 25, 1984, Los Angeles, CA) was an American blues musician. Her introduction to music, as with most fellow blues legends, started in the Baptist church. The d… read more