2020 Big Mama Thornton, we still hear ya and love you still.

@daspalindrom7576

3 жыл бұрын

So in 2021

@bobcobb6742

2 жыл бұрын

Same in 2022

@jb-vb8un

Жыл бұрын

excellent recording of this same song with Big Mama , IN EUROPE album - also song SWEET ANGEL

@jasonbergmann5315

Жыл бұрын

2023 and forever ♥

@homba1983

Ай бұрын

2024!

Janice Joplin and so many more owe her everything. My word, my God what a Queen of blues incarnation and originality. Raw, refined and freaking excellent

@SandyStarSong

5 ай бұрын

100%

@user-xz4wp4vp1y

2 ай бұрын

Janis

@fodroumpouras4038

Ай бұрын

Also Mick Jagger

This is nitty gritty dirty raw raunchy heart grabbing soul savoring all American blues!!!! Nothing more powerful and American than the blues!

@macduece2112

3 жыл бұрын

Iiiiiii hears ya baaaabe....

She is so incredibly powerful and affecting, few artists can match the emotion in her voice.

@michaelgaynor6866

4 жыл бұрын

Stephan Bennett,Janis Joplin recorded Mama's song,Ball and Chain.

@ChefDaveWQFS

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelgaynor6866 the first time I heard Janis' version was a driveway moment.

@verciefloyd4205

Жыл бұрын

❤

@imarieblakly9388

3 ай бұрын

MY MOMMA INTRODUCED ME TO JANISE AND MAMA FELL IN MY PLAYLIST LIKE NATURAL...JANICE INSPIRATION WAS HER, WHY U THINK SHE DID THE SONG SHE WROTE...BALL N CHAIN...I KNOW IM A WHITE WOMAN, BUT SAME AS JANIS A WOMAN W SOUL..HAPPENS TO B I WAS BORN N THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER 🤣😂🤣 HOW IRONIC, OR COINCIDENCE

Saw her live at a rock festival in '68. Big voice, big personality, big woman. The genuine article.

@stephenhoffman8186

Жыл бұрын

Sky River?

SHE DESERVED SO MUCH MORE!!!!

American blues music in the purest form. Thank you Miss Thornton & Buddy Guy.

@markharris5771

5 жыл бұрын

Trans Am Bandit 1978 As a Brit I have to say you’re totally right, and this track is the purest of them all.

@tommieduncan4746

Жыл бұрын

Thanks big Mama.I wish that i had met you.Thanks Buddy Guy.for suppling that awsesum guitar music for her I hope.to see and hear.you.play someday.

@juanluisrenda449

Жыл бұрын

Gracias

2023 Big Mama have loved your songs for soooo many years and am still playing them often. Missing you.❤

That voice digs deep and touches my soul. Still love you Big Mama.

2021 and BIG Mama still has it going ON!!!!!!!

This is incredible. I'm a young dude with an old soul. There is a lost art to these kinds of music. Love Big Mama Thornton. It's the blues.

@shodefektiv

8 жыл бұрын

+Bea A i have a theory ... all these types of music (and more( the stuff with lyrical/musical/political/emotional substance)) are written by people who have seen (or their decendants) the worst in people/war/attrocities/themselves and without that knowledge (of deep unforgivable pain essentially) how can you write such soulful/meaningful music? american soul , irish folk and as a newer example Sysytem of a down (being the decendants of the armenian genocide) all have (and many more i probably have forgotten or never heard) impo some kind of this pain mojo that leaks into their music and makes it not just good but touches you to the core IE: Red hot chili peppers when i hear death of a martian for example and Anthony starts rambling halfway through, I feel hes saying more than any properley constructed sentence ever could about the curcumstances that lead him to write it (Fleas dog had died) and i believe he used this "pain mojo" to write one of the most beautiful/moving peices of music ive ever heard and in traditional RHCP style MAKES NO F*#$ing sence its not allways written by the final artist even its just the mojo IE: hurt by nine inch nails is a mediocre song (and i like NIN) the same song performed by johnny cash is a masterpeice (and i dont like country) i believe because of this pain mojo I pop the video in, and wow... Tears welling, silence, goose-bumps... Wow. [I felt like] I just lost my girlfriend, because that song isnt mine anymore... It really made me think about how powerful music is as a medium and art form. I wrote some words and music in my bedroom as a way of staying sane, about a bleak and desperate place I was in, totally isolated and alone. [Somehow] that winds up reinterpreted by a music legend from a radically different era/genre and still retains sincerity and meaning - different, but every bit as pure - trent reznor of NIN (the guy who wrote the song)

@loca-t4198

2 жыл бұрын

Cool Bed on we need more of u!!

Born in Alabama, what a Queen! She was phenomenal !!!

This is the real deal right here. Big Mama was a badass. The brother on the guitar killed it too.

@ctap7767

3 жыл бұрын

Buddy Guy on guitar😎

Loving me some Big Mama, respect ✊

@cupcakes7015

3 жыл бұрын

Likewise 😎 1/9/2021

@mattlow9056

3 жыл бұрын

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe over there??

What a fabulous find, so glad someone posted this. THANKS. She was truly a National treasure

2019 and we still hear you mama 🙏🏻

BLESS MY SOUL....JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO HEAR.....SOUL SISTER 'BIG MAMA' THORNTON......LUV YOU FOREVER....

She was awesome I listen to her everyday

This rendition gripped me immediately.

She’s living bold and is spirit of blues. Keto this music alive with your children

She was real real fantastic this woman had real the blues in her soul.

If you love Big Mama's singing, you might also like Big Maybelle Smith's singing.

What a amazing voice Willie Mae Thornton had so talented your legacy will live on through your music

I'M still listening to the red rooster... love it keep the BLUES ... ALIVE ... The blues Never die... !!

Queen of blues. Big mamma. Is always best

BEEN DIGGING BIG MAMMA SINCE 1970!!!!!!!!

Queen of the blues!

@borsanablues8243

2 жыл бұрын

That's the true !

Just great! Laidback, beautiful background for the voice, not too may loud notes, heartfelt voice, and a cocky rooster. Pity there ain't too much of this cool electric blues around. :(

I love the blues today today & yesterday

grew up with all these blues great @nd big mama really had a way of making you feel. the blues i love it just love it spent alot of time sitting back at the joints listening and rocking wouldn't change a thing she done on stage !!!!

This is the best version of this song! I have never heard this one before, only Howlin' Wolf's original, and the Stones hit! Thanks for posting the ultimate live performance of "Little Red Rooster"!

@MerleHeidi

Жыл бұрын

Yes, she is wonderful. Willie Dixon singing this song, the song he wrote, also is amazing. And Sam Cooke did a great version as well. Maybe there aren't any "ultimate" versions. Maybe the great blues singers each will offer a great version from the depths of their souls.

@steinkrabol5587

Жыл бұрын

Agree and I guess her gitar is what we hear on the left....

@fabiennefertiti3017

7 күн бұрын

My favorite is this one from her Ball N' Chain kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4qGuNOenby8fMY.html I also love her "Sweet Little Angel" kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYaEwY9yfNK5ks4.html

Oh yeah. This is real it's raw and it's soulful. What great music is all about.

Love love love miss Thornton… her music is pure 👂candy 🍬🍭!!! Thank you for sharing this wonderful and gritty stuff!!🥰🤩❤️🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼

@jabulanetshabalala5550

9 ай бұрын

I love her music so I'm 57years old how can I get her collection,plz help

Another great that ' s way underated& unsung by the mainstream & also Rosetta tharpe !!!

Que dire en écoutant cette chanson Se laisser en voûter Une très grande dame😊❤

Awesome raw talent rarely heard anymore. Janis could only envy this great female blues mama.

@xalexbanx

Жыл бұрын

work on your internalized misogyny, mon. "Awesome raw talent." period. that's all you needed to contribute. think on that.

@monicathegreat1924

Жыл бұрын

@@xalexbanx Wicked cute (any one who has to self describe as cute is most probably ugly and dumb as a box of rocks) learned a new word however does not understand the meaning. Low IQ individual.

@larryn2682

7 ай бұрын

and envy Etta James.

The best I mean the Best " Little Red Rooster " I have ever heard....Magic......

Oh Big Mama your still touching us with your timeless big ole blues vibes. Luv ya xxx

Very strong and beautiful Blues, one of my Blues favorites, thank you so much for sharing it!

Wonderful Music 🎶❤️❤️

What a wonderful singer I'm Irish so pleased to hear it a wonderful lady god bless you peace coolaboola

i love this songs..because of the spirit of jazz and blues and rempetika on Greece

A joy to listen to, pure blues.

Absolutely amazing. in the words of Twist 'More Please'! Can't wait to find more of this beautiful music!

Now this is music

Love it. Only heard Howlin' Wolf and the stones version before but I love it when different versions can stand on their own

No matter What magical musical lets y'all Relax,enjoy All your Blessings, Bearhugs,Emraces,so let me humbly Introduce music,I Enjoy,Lets count our Blessings,Thank u Lord ,Amen

This is really great,when I was a little kid(over 35 years ago)my dad always played me the Sam Cooke version,but I love hers as well!!! I'm 41 and thiis is my first time hearing of her!!!! Great Music and Great Voice!!!!💖💖

@michaelgaynor6866

4 жыл бұрын

Sherman Burns,Janis Joplin did Mama's song,Ball and Chain. Both are Incredible!

@shermanburnsjr.1116

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelgaynor6866 Cool,Sweet!!!

@dr.boinkersbookkeeping9028

4 жыл бұрын

A recent discovery for me as well... Shes amazing ;) Gotta love KZread for the uploaded music, if nothing else

@BluesInMySoul

2 жыл бұрын

Listen to Howlin'Wolf's version too.

@shermanburnsjr.1116

2 жыл бұрын

@@BluesInMySoul I Sure Will,Ms. Blues In My Soul,Btw,You Are Kinda Fine!!!!😘

Brilliant rendition!! great vocals and backing..love it..

Dusty roads to the Blues ! Rip. MV

I love the Blues. Just found out about Big Mama. Im a 60 year guy. This music could have been played on the "Album Rock" stations back in the 60s - 70s. Thanks TravelerIntotheBlue for posting Ms. Willie Mae Thornton's music.

@montgomerydenzer8805

5 жыл бұрын

Now check out Robert Johnson brother

@mcshllymc6656

3 жыл бұрын

Most Black artist never got their due in Jim Crow America. We had to go to small venues to see them.

@usmc-veteran73-77

3 жыл бұрын

@@mcshllymc6656 Loved this music.

I just discovered her .... what a fabulous voice!

A powerful voice love this and I wasn't even born yet we need to love all Venus of music ❤️

WE witnessed Big MAMA IN concert in Montreal, THAT NITE WAS FABULOUS....Esquire Showbar...,PS you AIN'T BUT a Houndog....

Big Mama - thank you for laying down this track. Y’all gave the world real motivation to create amazing music.

Wow! Undeniably so good.

Nothing is real anymore as the real blues of yesterdays long past ...

Do love me some Big Mama.

This is wonderful... :-)

Now this will bust your head wide open

LOVE THIS WOMAN!!!

2022 we still here celebrating Big Momma Thorton... Elvis Presley stole some of her songs.🎼👑🌟❤️👏👏

@user-rr3yw9dn1l

2 жыл бұрын

No he didnt

@jimmysanders4813

Жыл бұрын

Elvis didn't steal her songs he praised her by trying to sing this song in his own way.He knew she was great and wanted to follow her song in his own way.

@albertjanvanhoek294

Жыл бұрын

As far as I know, Elvis Presley never recorded “Little Red Rooster”. The original version is by Howlin’ Wolf (with the brilliant Hubert Sumlin on guitar) and the song is credited to Willie Dixon (but some elements in it are definitely older). Elvis recorded Willie Mae Thornton’s “Hound Dog” by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller - although Big Mama Thornton always claimed that she wrote (the basis of) the song. The lyrics of the version by Elvis Presley are abbreviated and more importantly: tamed; he could not sing: “you can wag your tail but I ain’t gonna feed you no more” - feeding the snooping dog, as well: giving the snooping man’s “tail” a blow job. Elvis: “well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine”. Another famous singer who “stole” from Big Mama is Janis Joplin, who built a career on singing “covers” of “black music” (mostly however written by “whites”): “Ball and Chain”. Big Mama Thonton’s original version is unsurpassed. Listen to Big Mama in Europe with Fred McDowell on slide guitar: those three songs are outright magnificent Blues.

@QuinnLondonborn

Жыл бұрын

No you are wrong

@albertjanvanhoek294

Жыл бұрын

@@QuinnLondonborn Sorry. If somebody states a few facts and a few views, "you are wrong" is a ridiculously general comment that nobody can do anything with.

Gracias a estos grandes artistas de color el rock y sus generos derivados surgieron y progresaron . El buen blues y el rock siempre iran tomados de la mano . " Gran cantante Big Mama ".

@juanluisrenda449

Жыл бұрын

primero estuvo el blues, luego el rock...

Beautiful music ❤

She wrote AND recorded Ball and Chain.

@boomerang6130

6 жыл бұрын

Yep, her best ever!

Ohhhhhh!!!! How beautiful it gets!

The best music . Thanks 🙏🏼

It's called 'The Blues' but when I hear it I feel anything but

HER SINGING MAKES ME WONT TO CLOSE MY EYE AND JUST LAY BACK AND GET LOST.

You never knew how much I loved it

Singing through a cardboard box, and she still sounds amazing.

Mama Thornton una de las mejores voces femeninas del blues

It's a rainy Sunday morning. Out on the porch with a bogey in one hand, coffee in the other, and Big Mama in both ears.

Adore her shes fabulous

she is the blues

The queen of rock and roll

Melted that patch of stress right on away, whew, thank you mama

Howlin' Wolf Rock and Roll Hall of Fame song. Happy B'day! Jun 10, 1910-Jan 10, 1976.

i love you Big mama....................

awesome!!!!!

2021 and you still inspire people

now thats music Dam that was the time to hear story telling shes a gift to all

Mama. Thornton what a. Beautiful. Voice strong. Women a. Diva. On her. Own right blessing. In. Heaven. Sandunga la tejjanita

That's Bee Houston on the Geet... Ron Levy on the 88s...recorded at Avery-Fischer Hall, NYC June 72

Thank you Big Mama. If it wasnt for the blues, we wouldnt have rock and roll.

TREMENDAA ARTISTA. HUEVONN!! TU CACHAI!! LA IMPRONTA Y LA MANERA DE CANTAR ...AAAAAAAAII TA HUEVON!! HARTA ARTISTA. Y TOCANDO LA ARMONICA!! ...TREMENDAA BLUSERA!! HUEVONNN!!

I Am From Norway, I Have ALL Her Recordings, Regards from Dag

extraordinaire Pure Beauté musicale respect GD excellente écoute

She makes u feel it!!!!

Voz perfeita 🥺♥️

Her big hit from 1952 "Hound Dog" written by a couple of Jewish kids from New York,Leiber and Stoller. They wrote a few other decent songs also. You gotta love America. Thanks for posting

@edwardwatkins6568

2 жыл бұрын

The jews would not let blacks put their names on a lot of songs they wrote. They could only sell them. So I a suspect that they wrote that song.

Ahhhhh! Exceptionnel!

it,s the real music

EddieParker I love this music this gal is a real rocker I love all kinds of music country to this and every thing in between 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👍😘🌹❤️💕😍

I believe she wrote "Ball and Chain" made famous by Janice Joplin, she is amazing. Great harp player too!

@Redboy4

8 жыл бұрын

+Bobby John Yes, she did write Ball and Chain.

@bobbyjohnnascar

7 жыл бұрын

Amazing never knew that. Probably most people don't. Thanks

@Redboy4

7 жыл бұрын

Christian Kent Hound Dog was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and performed by Big Mama Thornton.

@shakermoe1970

7 жыл бұрын

Bobby John you're correct.

Singing to our souls like ARETHA FRANKLIN THE QUEEN OF SOUL!!!!

This was covered later by the Rolling Stones. Both are great versions.

@rockinrollinntrollin616

5 жыл бұрын

And many many others The Doors, ZZ TOP, Grateful dead etc etc ..

@maya8443

4 жыл бұрын

Not one can match the God giving talent of big mama Thornton.

@tinswalo2807

3 жыл бұрын

Als listen to the Howlin Wolf version

@dirtymcghee

3 жыл бұрын

I love all the covers but this version would have to be my personal favourite

@GrilloTheFlightless

4 ай бұрын

@@dirtymcgheeI love the way she sings this, and I love the arrangement. But I really don’t like the chicken noises she does during the song.

Red Hot.. Blues is the Cool... !!!!!!!! Willie Keep shaking... I Feel the Love ... I feel the Pain... I feel the emotion... I feel the Life that is to Come ..... give me a red rooster that the money people don't abuse....!!!!!!

This Rocks

Now that's good Ole down in the woods blues can't get no bluer then that!