[Dixielandjazz] Big Mama Thornton
Dixiejazzdata
dixiejazzdata at aol.com
Fri Oct 5 17:19:13 PDT 2012
Hi Bob:
I listened to what I am pretty sure is the same recording, she had a guitar player/manager named Jim Moore during those days who traveled with her every where, sounds like it may have been him. BMT had a pretty good reputation for belting Whiskey and often slurred her lyrics a lot . I booked her a few gigs back in those days around San Francisco, and played drums in the backup band a few times with Jim Moore.
Cheers,
Tom Wiggins
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Smith <robert.smith at tele2.no>
To: B.B. Buffington <dixiejazzdata at aol.com>
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Fri, Oct 5, 2012 1:26 pm
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Big Mama Thornton
I've just been listening to Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog". To my ears this
consists of BMT singing accompanied by guitar, string bass, and drums. I
assume that the bass is Milt Hinton and the drummer Jo Jones, but the Tom
Lord discography doesn't list a guitar player. I also assume that this
recording is from the live concert at Carnegie Hall on January 15, 1967.
The guitar player is very prominent on this recording, and it does sound as
though BMT shouts encouragement to the guitarist possibly using .his/her
name, but I can't hear what she is shouting.
Does anyone know who it is?
Any feedback on this will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Bob Smith
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