[Eva]

That recording is from the last concert that Big Mama Thorton ever gave and it doesn’t even sound like her original. She was obviously very sick at the time, and could barely stand up. It was the best that I could find on the web, though. I had a CD that was a collection of Women Rockers that included the Big Mama version of Hound Dog, and it was really incredible. My husband took all my CDs though, to put into a shared I-tunes file and I have never seen them since. He keeps telling me that he knows where they are, but I am still waiting. If you are married, you probably know how that goes.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the troops!

Big Mama Thornton ~ Hound Dog