1926 Hound Dog

The real ‘Hound Dog.’

December 11, 2019

Remembering Big Mama Thornton, born on this day in 1926 in Ariton, Alabama. Here she is performing “Hound Dog” in 1965 with Buddy Guy, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Lee Robinson and Fred Below.

Let’s compare.

(He was good, though, wasn’t he…1952.)

And then…there’s Forrest.