Big mama thornton -Summertime - Soto play record

[AllBobsAllTheTime]

Great cover by Big Mama!!!!!

[koala381]

The reason she has such a large body is that a smaller one couldn't contain her soul. <3

[mariposapontiac90]

MARAVILLOSA!

[StollyDolly]

fabbbb,,, thank you xx

[ellfan]

Perfection! 

[DominoNews]

Superbe dans cette interprétation d'un classique pourtant très risqué et "piégeux"!!! quel talent !!!

[ilovewiki]

Damn...how much more can you say than that? DAMN

[vergiber]

search search bolder gazet van antwerpen 

[bluewavedave805]

I dont know who influenced who but shivers is the word my whole body gots bumps wow.

[MultiNelly97]

My Uncle Brought Me Hear ....He's Big On Stuff Like This

[paginipro]

too much soul

[amistosa2007]

nice!

[MultiEddie66]

WOW now we know who Janis joplin was listening to when she was learning to sing, and Big Mama played A blues harmonica, just as beautifully as she sung.Thanks for putting this music on the net.

[Sissiaraujo]

Wonderful!!!

[Monkeyspankerelite]

This song is so fu**ing beatiful that it hurts....

[abstractmuziq]

og queen latifah 

[joplin49b]

This made my heart beat fast , i Love Big mama

[flathead59]

I can feel her blues,she was great,love you Mama...

[jsugrad2010]

OUTSTANDING.....

[083770]

My God, i am SO IN LOVE WITH THIS WOMAN!!!

[jbeng1953]

OH THE SOUL !!!!!! What a woman!!!!!!!!! Somebody remaster to todays standards please!!!!!! It deserves better!!! The crew that recorded this did not know what they had!!!

[hpcine]

Seems like her voice plus her soul blew out the recording levels! Too bad, this is amazing!!!

[Mr1962KDSelvis]

AHH Big Mama if I can make my way to blues heaven can I get just a moment of your time to hug you and thank you for the joy, the tears, the rockin' and the hair standing up on my neck ? R.I.P. I hope you know me when I come you wonderful fantastic woman !!

[soulsolution99]

smooth and soulful.......

[LadyFurie]

Sing it Mama!

[Shim267]

I am absolutely shaken by this...

I have just been put on the floor.

Simply amazing...

[Bluesdirections]

@Shim267 I hear you.

[jimmysudar]

@Shim267 yeah, right? the song is fantastic in itself. then you've got somebody of mama's talent and it reaches even higher peaks. are you familiar with mahalia jackson's 'summertime/sometimes i feel like a motherless child'?

[Shim267]

@jimmysudar

Can't say that I've heard it before - would definitely like to if you have a link!

[chadkops]

wow

[desupertrut]

wauw this woman is GREAT! i love her voice so badley...

[vistuskos]

thank you big mama!!

[bckm54]

her voice had the range of an accomplished opera singer, and an unmatched soul. Never let it be said that the blues didn't require skill, genius, and soul...

Of ALL the versions of Summertime, this is hands down and by far the best! :)

[nemesisgdv]

What a beast! I wish I could sing half as good.

[branstan8000]

Yes, I agree, White People can have the Blues too. And they can sing it too. It's called Country Music. Listen to some of those lyrics.

[MizzMaxi]

@branstan8000 lol :D

[lealilachat]

Magnifique !

[ActionBastard85]

Good lord listen to that voice!

[1408alan]

Only black singers can sing the blues CONVINCINGLY. I am white, and a huge blues and soul freak. But black folks FEEL the blues in a way that whites never can. I have nothing against white singers interpreting the blues in their own way, but they just don't have the God-given voices! Simple as that. Janis Joplin put a whole heap of passion into her work, but she was still an out-and-out shouter. Ladies like Aretha, Nina, Gladys, and Willie Mae here are in a whole different class.

[bergerfry]

@1408alan Well put whitey. LOL. I'm also of the pale persuasion and I totally agree with this post 100%. Seems like Elvis ripped off the black sound first from what I gather after hearing this awsome woman sing hound dog.

[shunammite]

@1408alan I gotta disagree. I think the black edge with blues comes from coming into the world with the odds stacked against them from the get go, at least back in the day - but they took pain and made it into art. Anyone who really falls in love with that art can sing with conviction - Robert Plant comes to mind - and Eric Clapton.

[1408alan]

@shunammite I respect your opinion. But you will never convince me that whites have voices that can match blacks in soul, blues, and jazz. In this genre, there are no white singers I would bracket with my favourites. Instrumentally it is different, but vocally - no contest. Anyway, we can amicably agree to differ!

[shunammite]

@1408alan I can agree that possibly no white person quite gets what it was to live in a dominant white culture - better now - - but I also think anytime someone loves something, they bring something wonderful to it - I am particularly nuts for Led Zeppelin - I think their love for the old blues standards was genuine, and in the early performances especially, there was a unique power - not the same as black power but not necessarily less either - I guess to reach a different audience.

[branstan8000]

@shunammite - Plant and Clapton are both were heavily influences by Black Artists. They will tell you themselves. I believe that you can fall in love with Black Art. But you can't feel it in your soul like a Black Person does. Unless you are Black, it is impossible for you to know and feel our pain and struggle.

[gustercc]

@branstan8000 Agreed! It's not just the soul of a person, but you have to experience it.

[branstan8000]

@1408alan - I couldn't have said it better.

[PAULGOREE]

I love this song, and this is the first time I'm hearing Big Mama singing it. And it is as great as all her works. She was a very blessed and beautiful woman.

[branstan8000]

@PAULGOREE - So sad that Big Mama Thornton was never recognized the way she should have been for her contributions to the Music World. And she was definitely never paid for her work. But others went on to be millionaires from songs that Big Mama wrote and performed. She remained bitter about this until the day she died.

[wordofadvice1]

There is no better music then the blues because it speaks to ones souls and ones spirit. Enough Said. smile

[geniebailey82]

Everytime I hear her voice I get cold chills! That is all that needs to be said!

[QueenBritney89]

now that's some soul shaking music

[loverplease]

what a woman!

[DDDD1980]

Love this soulful, and heart felt version of a classic.

[emperorsdragon]

World without prejudice ??? man your a dreamer. Humans are blinded by their own introspection and all their opinion's are based on their own predilictions..

Mankind will never link hand's around the world and sing peace songs.. it just aint gonna happen

[lamyjoongbo]

The blues comes from the pain, all the respect for the memory of people who fought for a world without prejudice!

[sleepx2]

good music is good.

[MademoiselleNobs1973]

Incredible how there are people that, even listening and appreciating the blues for a considerable time in their lives, still aren't capable of understanding its real message and fight for a world without prejudices.

[bckm54]

@MademoiselleNobs1973 exactly. and it is the fight that is the point, not some utopian hallucination.  you cant be somewhere you can't get to...

[Teetee33]

I think the issue stems from the idea that black people (and white) have had the notion bred into them that they are inferior from get-go in the world, and white people are superior. So if that's the case, then white folks shouldn't want anything to do with any kind of art form that come from the black experience (even if at the end of the day it's all universal. Try telling the hatemongers that!). But we all know that isn't the case. It is rather illogical if you think about it!

[sdenny]

great , great , great !!!

[zjkrone]

Janis joplin is my savior a rare talent, a beautiful soul who had a lot of problems, and put it into her music, you know I don't know someone like you could come onto this page and disrespect blues music, EVEN BBKING SAID IT JANIS IS THE ONLY WHITE WOMAN WHO SUNG THE BLUES, you are insulting

[brelfan]

@zjkrone I think what someone can fairly say is that black blues musicians came from a tradition of this kind of music, even if it evolved over time. White people like Joplin came around and lacked the tools. The skill set. The experience. And their vocal quality wasn't as good. Joplin had the right attitude but yelled every song. Can't compare in my mind to the likes of Big Mamma Thornton. I'm white and saying this. And love music from all colors of artists.

[DraperTr]

@brelfan Joplin was amazing what are you talking about?

[brelfan]

@zjkrone Now, it's gone the other way. White and black artists have the tools and skills. Both lack the feeling and attitude of Joplin or Big Momma Thornton. Cult of adolescence and died blond hair. Not about feelings that are difficult to handle or express.

[ZiaK9]

My guts are on the floor...

[fuliguline]

Hey, come on, now... I think that, regardless of particular individuals' talent, it's just as racist to say a white singer can't sing blues as it is to say a black singer can't sing opera. Genres are not limited to the cultures from which they arose.

[andyrosstate]

I won't even dignify Streghamilf with a well educated comment. it's obvious she has no idea what she is talking about.

[deneckerelouis]

WAUW!!

[StregheMilf]

Janis was one of the few white women in the world to EVER sing the blues the way they should be. She covered Mama's music out of respect and reverence and Mama had a healthy respect for Janis! Mama was her ICON! How dare you attack a woman that you wouldn't be fit to lick the shit from her heals!

[andyrosstate]

don't think Janis Joplin was all that good lots of screaming and trying desperately to sound black, personally much prefer this version, it's the real deal

[1408alan]

I must agree with you regarding Janis Joplin. No white singer can ever reach the heights (and the depths) of the blues. Janis was an intense singer, but relied too much on screaming for effect. As for StregheMilf's comments, they are unnecessarily rude and therefore beneath contempt.

[jaid6]

Music comes from the soul, not the skin or its color!

[1408alan]

Of course music comes from the soul (doh!). However, if you read again what I said, I was talking specifically about white singers trying to sing the blues. I am an avid lover of blues and soul music, but I have yet to hear a white singer convincingly interpret blues or soul music, there really is no comparison. Peace.

[jaid6]

okay you must be the authority on blues music. But personally when I hear a song and don't think about the color of the person singing. I ether like the song or a don't and that has nothing to do with black or white

[jaid6]

I also find it strange that all this black white debate is posted under this particular song which was written by a George and Ira Gershwin, two white men. The song is from the opera Porgy and Bess, a story about black people that was written by white people. does it matter? i think not

[missVeemack]

@jaid6 I guess blacks have more soul. There is power in dark skin. smile

[bluessando]

Quoto...Jaid6!! Bye...

[Davis752]

@jaid6 Yes, music comes from soul... But black people have black souls, white people have white souls. Afro-americans have blues in their blood, white people do not.

[farrazano]

Only a few of us live it. She did.

[clovelr]

Amen!

[PixieDread]

What an artist ............ I have never heard anyone who comes close to her with the Blues.

[brownpatfred]

one of the best blues singers ever

great no other words do her justice

thanks a million

[magyarman24]

Hey lilchuy01 Checkout Sublime and Nina Simone's version...

[lilchuy01]

unbelievable.

my favorite versions of summertime are big mama thorton, janis joplin,and billie holiday

[Tzaosirus7]

Wow.

[btinsley1]

sang it big girl !

[phdseuss]

u sing it girl big mama sounds like she really put her heart n2 it....this is my 1st time hearin this version done by her i grew up listenin 2 Janis Joplin's version

[Teetee33]

Big Mama's singing was like the best ass whoppin' you could ever get, lol! Amazing, amazing...

[ephiany1]

Man, this is amazing! Only the second Big Mama Thorton recording I've heard, but I'm already thinking I'll have to hunt down her albums. If the Zombies treatment of "Summertime" is the pinnacle of sublime wistfulness, Big Mama's treatment is the pinnacle of soulful passion.

I'm a big music fan with several hundred albums in my collection, but that vocal still took me by surprise with its intensity.

[ClazikRock]

Hi There! I try not to pass up the opportunity to pass along great blues info to those who may just be getting into it. Check out on YouTube, Big Mama Thornton, featuring Buddy Guy...HOUND DOG. Originally recorded in 1952 before Elvis...the video footage is of a 1965 performance on a TV show, but you get the immediate impact of a woman singing that song and how much more sense it makes coming from a woman. You never quite hear Hound Dog the same after that! I hope you enjoy it. Peace.

[AssociationAdmirer]

Hey, this is ephiany1(I was working on someone else's computer when I made the above post). I much appreciate the recommendation, though it happens that that video is actually the first Big Mama recording I listened to. It is indeed the seminal version of the song.

[Monimalu]

Je ne connaissais pas cette version. C'est très fort. Merci

[ajrulz1]

yeep amazing indeed

[angelune7054]

merci , c'est magnifique !

[maisie713]

Wow what a recording !!!!! and feel the soul

in her voice.x

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

thank you..

[Delcielo9]

Incredible!

[banzervirus]

YEAHHHHHHHHH

[AAAMAN13]

If you can't feel her soul when she sings this song, YOU AIN'T GOT A SOUL !

[Jawblues]

Listen to this version of big mama i love this one

/watch?v=k_GH7B_iG2Y

[jacklynkoda]

the old timers are good teachersfor new young folkswho want to play the blues god blessbig mama

[Finallybenunderstood]

that voice could raise the dead

[sisterwoman1]

absolutely amazing!

[guixxer]

nobody is messin with this one ...

get out of here ..

this here is pure .... top this ....

[chesleylydekker]

Excellent, the real root family of all R&B.

[blessedover]

This up there with Mahalia's

[empressmachelle]

When I first heard Big Mama Thornton sing Summer Time; I cired like a baby...Her voice is POWERFUL AND FULL OF LIFE AMEN

[jvoyanne]

LOVE THIS VERSION

[Wisewoman77]

I love this!!!!!!

[dino15962]

WOW!  POWERHOUSE!!!!

[amenssister]

thank you

[ladynea]

is this version available in any album!? I just love it!!

[plporsche]

I see why Janis Joplin was inspired.

[tamacchielastre]

thanx for  uploading

[jocafofocas]

fron brazil,this is bueno heheheheheheheeehe

parabens a quem postou !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[stacyblue1980]

im speechless....

[KosmicJanis]

Willie Mae you were the best. Janis surely did have reason for you to be one of her idols. Peace.

[lesyouri]

Nice, never heard this version before, but I like it.

[irenevr]

mama mama! This video is great. Love the photos you found too.

[gusyverdechannel]

Merci beaucoup!!! J'aime beaucoup sa musique!!!!

[piafedith]

Merci! C'est interessant!

[raoulprof]

Bravo Tony!!!