[Dixielandjazz] Big Mama Thornton

RickeyZ rickz at usermail.com
Sat Oct 6 22:31:08 PDT 2012


Lieber and Stoller wrote it, and this is probably a L&S session.  Sounds 
familiar.
I'll see if I can figure out who plays on it.

Rick Jolley
Guitar... Colorado Springs

On 10/6/2012 2:45 PM, Robert Ringwald wrote:
>
> From: Bill Haesler
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 4:12 PM
> To: Bob Ringwald
> Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Big Mama Thornton
>
> Bob Smith wrote [snipped]:
>> ...Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog"... 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,,,possibly using .his/her name...
> Dear Bob,
> You did not identify which source recording you are listening to.
> The Spirituals to Swing 30th Anniversary Concert, and the Cafe Society All Stars, has
> Buck Clayton (trumpet) Edmond Hall (clarinet ) Buddy Tate (tenor sax) Ray Bryant (piano) Milt Hinton (bass) and Jo Jones (drums).
> Recorded by Columbia
> I have the Australian CBS 2BP 220092 release with album notes by Don DeMichael.
> With this version of "Hound Dog":
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOfgok7fMcs
>
> Hey Bill, this one really swung.
> --Bob Ringwald
> As you say, there is no guitar listed in the current Tom Lord discography.
> Nor is there one given for the concert in Bob Weir's 'Buck Clayton Discography' (1989. Storyville Publications).
> So what do my ears tell me?
> No guitarist  - and no vocal encouragement to one.
> Are you, perhaps, listening to this BMT 1952 version?
>     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8_k9LEUBeQ&feature=related
> A Peacock 78rpm disc.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
>
>
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