Friday, June 20, 2008

Not only, but also

If you're too busy to blog, you can always copy and paste some YouTube clips.

Here's Big Mama Thornton in her pomp, singing Hound Dog (with Buddy Guy on guitar):


And here she is in her last show, from 1984, singing Hound Dog:


By way of contrast, here's Etta James singing At Last:


And here's a different version:


(If you haven't seen him before, Terry can be a bit conventional, but he's fun. He's also paid his dues.)

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