BIG MAMA! The Willie Mae Thornton Story
Standing 6’ 3”, weighing 365 lbs and bad as she wanted to be, “Big Mama” (Willie Mae Thornton) became one of America’s wildest R&B women and one of the blues’ most colorful pioneers. Known for “Hound Dog”, “Ball ‘n Chain” and “Watermelon Man”, this musical revue takes the audience through one woman’s gritty, hard-rocking history … Read more