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With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966

With the Muddy Waters Blues Band 1966
Big Mama Thornton

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Track Listing

  1. I'm Feeling Alright
  2. Sometimes I Have a Heartache
  3. Black Rat [Take 4]
  4. Life Goes On
  5. Everything Gonna Be Alright
  6. Big Mama's Bumble Bee Blues
  7. Gimme a Penny [Take 6]
  8. Looking the World Over
  9. I Feel the Way I Feel
  10. Guide Me Home
  11. Black Rat [Take 2][#]
  12. Wrapped Tight [#]
  13. Gimme a Penny [Take 5][#]
  14. Big Mama's Shuffle [#]
  15. Since I Fell for You [#]
  16. I'm Feeling Alright [Fast Version][#]
  17. Big Mama's Blues (My Love) [#]

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #29843 in Music
  • Released on: 2004-08-03
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Format: Live

Customer Reviews

1966 San Francisco Studio Session3
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton was much more than the originator of "Hound Dog" - she was one of the greatest Blues singers. She could be fun and sassy, and could also be plaintive and emotional. After Bessie Smith and before Koko Taylor, there was Big Mama Thornton.

BIG MAMA THORNTON WITH THE MUDDY WATERS BLUES BAND - 1966 consists of 17 songs recorded April 25, 1966 at Coast Recorders in San Francisco, CA. Disc packaged in black jewel case; total running time 63:50. Booklet includes essays by Chris Strachwitz, Philip Elwood, and Ralph J. Gleason; three black & white photographs; and track information (songwriter credits, musician personnel). Sound quality is good.

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 previously appeared on Arhoolie's 1989 release "Ball `N' Chain". There are alternate versions of "I'm Feeling Alright", "Black Rat", and "Gimme a Penny". "Big Mama's Shuffle" (track 14) is an instrumental track. Tracks 11-17 are previously unreleased.

This is a really nice collection. It is a must-have for Blues fans, especially anyone who likes Big Mama Thornton

This kind of blues makes life worth living5
The powerful Muddy Waters Blues Band of 1966 and the energy of Big Mama Thornton's vocals are a dynamite combination. Listen to a lot of Muddy and you might take the band for granted. Listen to this lineup of musicians with someone else and you realize this was portable, hot blues. Impeccable timing and understanding of smoldering nuance. Muddy was the master of timing and nuance. But Thornton was a powerful, important blues singer. And this was a great combination. Continual pleasure. Great blues. A thousand cuts above good. More power in a pause here than in an entire heavy metal concert.