Showing posts with label Big Time Sarah. Show all posts
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Friday, January 16, 2026

Zora Young, Bonnie Lee, Big Time Sarah - Blues With The Girls

Album: Blues With The Girls
Size: 164,3 MB
Time: 70:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1982/1988/1992
Styles: Blues
Art: LP and CD art

1. Zora Young - Help Me (5:19)
2. Zora Young - I Feel So Bad (6:58)
3. Zora Young - You Don't Have To Go (4:11)
4. Zora Young - Got My Mojo Workin' (3:19)
5. Zora Young - Steppin' Stone (6:29)
6. Bonnie Lee - Fast Life (3:42)
7. Bonnie Lee - Baby, What You Want Me To Do (4:01)
8. Bonnie Lee - Next Time I See You (3:06)
9. Bonnie Lee - Sad And Evil Woman (4:07)
10. Bonnie Lee - Teardrops From My Eyes (3:23)
11. Big Time Sarah - Tribute To Big Walter Horton (6:45)
12. Big Time Sarah - Hound Dog (2:52)
13. Big Time Sarah - Fever (3:08)
14. Big Time Sarah - Hoochie-Coochie Woman (4:10)
15. Big Time Sarah - What Makes My Man Tick (3:53)
16. Zora Young, Bonnie, Lee, Big Time Sarah, Hubert Sumlin - Well, I Love Ya' (5:26)

Despite the prominent presence of celebrated blues artist Howlin’ Wolf in her family tree, singer Zora Young (1948) grew up singing not blues, but gospel. Even when the Mississippi native shook off her roots at the age of seven to relocate with her family to Chicago, it wasn’t until later that she switched over to R&B, and evolved into a powerhouse blues vocalist with three decades of experience behind. She has performed with a long list of artists, including Junior Wells, Jimmy Dawkins, Bobby Rush, Buddy Guy, Professor Eddie Lusk, Albert King and B.B. King.

Sarah Streeter (1953) was born in Mississippi and raised in Chicago, from early childhood, where she sang in gospel choirs in South Chicago churches. At age 14, she began singing blues at the Morgan’s Lounge Club, and in the 1970s she played with musicians such as Sunnyland Slim, Magic Slim, The Aces, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells.

Bonnie Lee (1931-2006) was an Chicago blues singer, known as ‘Sweetheart of the Blues’, best remembered for her lengthy working relationships with Sunnyland Slim and Willie Kent. She was born Jessie Lee Frealls in Bunkie, Louisiana, and raised in Beaumont, Texas. In 1958 she moved to Chicago, and chose the stage name of Bonnie Lee, working as both a dancer and singer. In 1982, partnered with Zora Young and Big Time Sarah as ‘Blues with the Girls’, Bonnie Lee toured Europe and cut this joint album in Paris, France.

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

VA - Wild About That Thang: Ladies Sing Classic Blues

Size: 121,7 MB
Time: 52:12
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Chicago Blues, Blues Soul, Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

01 Big Time Sarah - Long Tall Daddy (4:55)
02 Katherine Davis - Wild About That Thing (4:01)
03 Karen Carroll - Confessin' The Blues (4:09)
04 Blue Lu Barker - Don't You Feel My Leg (3:02)
05 Bonnie Lee - Got The Blues 'bout My Baby (5:12)
06 Edith Wilson - He May Be Your Man (3:51)
07 Grana' Louise - You Were A Good Ole Wagon (5:28)
08 Dinah Washington - Rich Man's Blues (2:55)
09 Shirley Johnson - Not For The Love Of You (3:06)
10 Betty Roche - I Love My Lovin' Lover (3:14)
11 Zora Young - Brain Damage (4:37)
12 Mary Johnson - Never Too Late (3:39)
13 Mary Johnson - Show Me The Way (4:00)

The high rating for this compilation of Chicago blues women comes not from its star power -- clearly Koko Taylor is missing, at the very least -- but for its sheer power and the consistent quality of its performances. Assembled as part of Delmark's 50th Anniversary celebration, Wild About That Thang contains 13 burning tracks from the marginal -- Mary Johnson with the Dixie Stompers in two previously unissued performances from 1955 -- to the legendary -- Dinah Washington from 1945, with a Delmark recording featuring Charles Mingus, Lucky Thompson, and Milt Jackson in the band -- and everything in between. Thematically and stylistically, this set covers all the bases as well, from the hardcore electric Chicago blues on Big Time Sarah's "Long Tall Daddy," to the risqué, low-key, jazz blues of Blue Lu Barker's "Don't You Feel My Leg," and the bawdy Dixieland swing of Katherine Davis' version of the title track. But the single greatest accomplishment of this comp is how much it showcases current and recent blues singers form the Windy City. We might never have heard of the neo-trad high styles of Grana Louise, Davis, the spine-shaking soul-blues of Zora Young, or the tough and tender Karen Carroll without it. 13 fantastic cuts, a budget price, and the opportunity to learn something -- what more could you want? ~Review by Thom Jurek

Thanks to DrPeak.
Wild About That Thang