Musicologist Alan Lomax and Mr. John Work were the first to record Muddy Waters — on his front porch in Stovall Plantation in Mississippi. The recordings are in the Library of Congress.

Janis Joplin’s cover of Big Mama Thornton’s “Ball and Chain” at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival helped solidify her reputation a star.

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