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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

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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  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (2)

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  • photographs (2)

Genres

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

Time Periods

  • 1961-1970 (1)
  • 1981-1990 (1)

Subjects

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

Subjects, Geographic

  • Solana Beach (Calif.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Hall, Edmond (1)
  • Jones, Jo, 1911-1985 (1)
  • (-) Thornton, Big Mama (2)

Date Published

  • 1967 (1)
  • 1983 (1)

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