Video of the Week #42

From 1965, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton sings her 1952 hit, "Hound Dog," which was covered with greater success four years later by some other fellow. She's accompanied by a very sharp looking Buddy Guy on guitar; Eddie Boyd, piano; Jimmy Lee Robinson, bass; and Fred Below, drums.

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