Ball and Chain

Big Mama Thornton · 1968 · Composition de Thornton, version Arhoolie

Context

Thornton wrote the song in 1961; she recorded it for Bay-Tone in the early 1960s (unreleased). The 1968 Arhoolie version, about four and a half minutes long, appears on the album Ball and Chain and is driven by guitarist Edward “Bee” Houston; Janis Joplin's cover made it famous.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Blues, spirituals, work songs.

By the same artist

• Little Red Rooster (1966)
• Sweet Little Angel (1966)
• Hound Dog (1952)

Sources

• EN: Ball and Chain (Big Mama Thornton song)
• EN: Big Mama Thornton

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