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Big Mama Thornton performs Ball and Chain with Buddy Guy's Blues Band. Thornton is a mellow mountain of a woman, almost six feet tall and topping two hundred pounds. She dwarfs the men in the band, but they seem to respect her for her size, her dignity, her burden. As she sings, they keep a soulful Southern church cadence with their feet, side to side. Her voice is beautiful, but not pretty. Sittin’ by my window, whoa, I were looking out at the rain . . . She is regal and dignified in the sturdy

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