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Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

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Publicity photo for the KPBS special "Three Generations of the Blues" (filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach) featuring a performance shot of Jeannie Cheatham seated at a piano looking over at Sippie Wallace, wearing a hat, and "Big Mama" Thornton, also in a hat, holding a microphone; unidentified musicians and a drum set seen behind them.
Date Published
1983
Publisher
Grace Bell
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Jazz singers
African American women
Piano
Bands (Music)
Microphone
Drum set
Hats
Television specials
Rhythm and blues musicians
Time Periods
1981-1990
Subjects, Geographic
Solana Beach (Calif.)
Notes

1983

Text on photo borders: Three Generations of the Blues [top]; Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, "Big Mama" Thornton [sic].

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_cheatham_photo-022.tif
Genres
Black & white photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Group portraits
Publicity photographs
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.

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