Big Mama Thornton

Big Mama Thornton
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 199
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ISBN-10 : 9780786477593
ISBN-13 : 0786477598
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Book Synopsis Big Mama Thornton by : Michael Spörke

Download or read book Big Mama Thornton written by Michael Spörke and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You ain't nothing but a "Hound Dog" ... with these words shouted into the microphone she will always be remembered: Big Mama Thornton. Who is this woman who sang the megahit "Hound Dog" before Elvis Presley and who wrote "Ball & Chain," the song that catapulted Janis Joplin to sudden fame? The story begins with her first musical attempts in the Hot Harlem Revue as a girl of 14. Then the book follows her journey into the Mecca of Texas Blues, Houston, where Big Mama Thornton met Johnny Otis, with whom she recorded her greatest success--"Hound Dog." With the slowdown of the blues in the early sixties this book follows Big Mama Thornton's way to California, discusses her struggle to survive and celebrates her impressive musical comeback in the course of the blues revival and the hippie movement. With the end of the sixties, facing a declining interest in the old school blues, the book shows how Big Mama Thornton found her niche in clubs and festivals in the U.S. and Europe. The book then follows Big Mama Thornton through the seventies and eighties until her untimely death.


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