including "Big Mama Thornton in Europe" (1965), "Big Mama Thornton With the Muddy Waters Blues Band" (1966), "Stronger Than Dirt" (1969) and "Sassy Mama!" (1975).

Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton outperformed the men of her day on stage, her larger-than-life personality and stature (she stood nearly 6-feet tall), commanding, or perhaps demanding, the ...