Big Mama Thornton - Rolling Stone

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{Verse 1}
I wished that I was a catfish
Swimming in the old, I mean the deep blue sea
Have all them good lookin' men
Fishin' after me, yeah, fishin' after me, yeah

{Refrain}
Oh, oh
Oh, oh yeah

{Verse 2}
Now lemme tell ya somethin', I went
To my baby's house and I sit down
Sit down on the steps, he said, "Come on in, Big Mama
My wife just now left," my wife just now left

{Refrain}
I said, oh, oh-oh yeah
Oh yeah, now lemme tell ya somethin', baby

{Verse 3}
I'm goin' home, back to Alabama
That's where I was born
I gotta tell everybody havin' so much fun
Out in California, out in California
Out in California

{Refrain}
So nice, so nice
And aw yeah, and aw yeah
Lemme tell ya somethin' now

{Verse 4}
I wanna tell you what I did
I been all over and I'm goin' again
'Cause it was so nice, so nice
Went to Frankfort, that was in Germany
Barcelona, and that was in Spain
Glasgow, that was in Scotland

{Refrain}
Oh, oh Lord
Oh Lord, and it had a good time

{Verse 5}
Goin' all over European, all over that country
And that was swell, but all I wanna tell you
I wished that I was that catfish
Swimmin' in the old deep, blue sea
Oh, have all, sweet little men, Lord
Fishin' after me, yeah, fishin' after me, yeah

{Outro}
Fishin' after me, yeah, oh
And oh, Lord, fishin' after me
And I know I'm a big catfish, that I'm a big catfish
That I'm a big catfish, that I'm a big catfish
I know I'm a catfish out in California

Release Date: January 01, 1975

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"Rolling Stone" by Big Mama Thornton is a bluesy, soulful track that tells the story of a strong, independent woman who wishes she was a catfish swimming in the deep blue sea, with all the good looking men fishing after her. The song takes us on a journey through her experiences, from visiting her lover's house to traveling all over the world and eventually wishing to be back home in Alabama. With powerful vocals and a catchy refrain, Big Mama Thornton's "Rolling Stone" is a testament to her charisma and charm as she navigates through life with confidence and sass.

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Big Mama Thornton was a distinctive, powerful jump blues singer who, along with many others, had her songs “borrowed” and sanitized by “rock and roll” singers considered safer, by the establishment, for white teens, than the “colored” boogie-woogie those kids loved.

Her hit Hound Dog, about a worthless layabout of a man, was weirdly turned into a song about an actual dog, by Elvis Presley, who probably didn’t want to sing about men who only wanted him for sex and money.

Initially discouraged about that sort of hijacking of her music by the likes of Janis Joplin and Elvis (“I have no idea what that rabbit business is all about. The song is not about a dog, it’s about a man, a freeloading gigolo”), she reached another peak of success years later, recording blues albums with some of the top performers of that genre like guitar gods Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, and Muddy Waters.