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Ball & Chain - Big Mama Thornton with Francis Clay

Big Mama's last appearance in 1984.Same year she died from heart and liver complications since she drunk too much and brought 350 pounds Big Mama to a mere of 95 pounds.Big Mama was nominated for the Blues Music Awards six times.In her history,1966 Thornton recorded...

My Next Door Neighbor - Jerry "Boogie" McCain

Jerry McCain, often billed as Jerry "Boogie" McCain (born June 18, 1930, Gadsden, Alabama, United States), is an American electric blues musician, best known as a harmonica player. One of five children of a poor family, many of his siblings became involved in music as...

Alabama Slim

Slim grew up playing in juke joints in Alabama and moved to New Orleans in the ‘60s. Since joining MM, his music has been felt at performances in the States and abroad and he has recorded The Mighty Flood, an album featuring Slim & blues guitarist Little Freddie King....

You Know I Love You - James Peterson

Born in Russell County, Ala., Peterson heard the blues early on while working at his father's juke joint, according to a biography posted on Answers.com.Peterson took up the guitar after leaving home, and became a club owner himself in 1965, opening the Governor's Inn...