Willie Mae Thornton via discogs.com
Do yourself a favor and catch Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton performing her song "Ball and Chain" from 1970 in spamandkimchi's great post about the electrifying and iconic blues, R&B, and rock foundational figure.
Will Wilde video screen cap
A truly astonishing Free Bird harmonica solo, plus interesting insight and context from msbrauer.
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