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Big Mama Thornton seated on stage

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Big Mama Thornton seated on stage during the KPBS Special "Three Generations of the Blues" filmed at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach; she's...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jeannie Cheatham, Sippie Wallace, and Big Mama Thornton

Image

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...

Date Published
1983
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection

Jo Jones with Big Mama Thornton on drums

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Big Mama Thornton seated and playing drums with Joe Jones standing next to her observing with a cigarette in one hand; Edmund Hall and two others can...

Date Published
1967
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
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  • Drum set
  • Rhythm and blues musicians

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (3)

Genres

  • Group portraits (3)
  • Black & white photographs (2)
  • Gelatin silver prints (2)
  • Color photographs (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)
  • Snapshots (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (2)
  • 1961-1970 (1)

Subjects

  • African American women (3)
  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Bands (Music) (2)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Television specials (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Cigarettes (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Guitar (1)
  • Guitarists (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)
  • Jazz singers (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Pianists (1)
  • Piano (1)
  • Trombone (1)
  • (-) Drum set (3)
  • (-) Rhythm and blues musicians (3)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (2)

Subjects, People

  • Thornton, Big Mama (3)
  • Cheatham, Jeannie (1)
  • Hall, Edmond (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • Wallace, Sippie (1)

Date Published

  • 1983 (2)
  • 1967 (1)

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