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Big Time Sarah

 
Artist: Big Time Sarah
  • Born: January 31, 1953, Coldwater, MS
  • Active: '70s, '80s, '90s, 2000s
  • Genres: Blues
  • Instrument: Vocals
  • Representative Albums: "Blues with the Girls
  • Representative Songs: "What Makes My Man Tick", "Hound Dog", "I Don't Want No Man

Biography

A rousing vocalist and dynamic entertainer, "Big Time" Sarah Streeter's among the more enterprising contemporary blues performers. She moved to Chicago from Coldwater, MS, as a child, and sang in South Side gospel choirs before debuting as a blues vocalist on stage at Morgan's Lounge at 14. She later worked with Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Johnny Bernard and Sunnyland Slim. A single on Slim's Airways label helped launch her solo career. Streeter's been a featured performer at many North Side clubs since the late '70s, and appeared at several blues festivals. She formed the Big Time Express in 1989, and Delmark issued her most recent recording, Lay It On 'Em, in 1993. Blues in the Year One-D-One followed in 1996. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
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Big Time Sarah
Background information
Birth name Sarah Streeter
Born January 31, 1953 (1953-01-31) (age 56)
Origin Coldwater, Mississippi, USA
Genres Blues
Occupations Vocalist
Years active 1970s
Labels Delmark
Associated acts Sunnyland Slim

Big Time Sarah is the stage name of Sarah Streeter (born January 31, 1953) is an American blues singer.

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Biography

Sarah Streeter was born in Coldwater, Mississippi and was raised in Chicago, Illinois, from early childhood, where she sang in gospel choirs in South Chicago churches.[1] At age 14, she began singing blues at the Morgan's Lounge Club, and in the 1970s she played with musicians such as Magic Slim, Buddy Guy, The Aces, Junior Wells, Johnny Bernard, and Erwin Helfer.[1][2]

Her experience playing with Sunnyland Slim led to her first solo release, a single released on his label, Airways Records.[1] From 1989 she performed with a group called The Big Time Express. Since 1993 she has recorded for Delmark Records.

Discography

Studio Albums
Year Title Label
1985 Undecided Blues R&B Recording
1993 Lay It on 'em Girls Delmark
1996 Blues in the Year One-D-One Delmark
2001 A Million of You Delmark
Compilations
Year Title Label
2001 Long Tall Daddy w/Sunnyland Slim Arcola Records
1982 Blues with the Girls Epm Musique

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Wynn, Ron. Big Time Sarah at Allmusic.
  2. ^ Santelli, Robert. The Big Book of Blues. Penguin, 1993, pp. 33-34. Google Books

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