I think Big Momma wrote "Hound Dog" also?
I love those old Blues guys. "Lightning" Hopkins, Elmore James, etc. I had a compliation CD several years ago of the greats and their suggestive songs like "Dust my Broom", etc. Lent it out and never got it back... ;^(
Check out the movie "Great Balls of Fire", the Jerry Lee Lewis bioflick. Some great scenes of the old Black juke joints and their music. I remember going to places like in South Texas back in the 60's while in college. They were just old wooden shacks back in the piney woods... down a dirt road. I don't think they had a "license"... the beer was just iced down in big cattle watering troughs. The music was great. They treated us as friends. Some of the best memories of my youth...
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