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OAITW r.2.0

(32,618 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:29 PM Apr 2025

Big Mama Thornton - Lets Go Get Stoned

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Big Mama Thornton - Lets Go Get Stoned (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 OP

Love this johnnyfins Apr 2025 #1

Stoned meant a lot of things back then. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #3

Or this. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #4

Was this written in 1965? In my crowd getting stoned in 1965 meant only one thing. Weed. spike jones Apr 2025 #5

Coke was a known back in the 30's. They wrote songs about it. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #6

I actually got to see her perform at a blues club once. She was no longer "big" except for LoisB Apr 2025 #2

Love Big Mama Thornton! Thanks for posting this! LiberalLoner Apr 2025 #7

johnnyfins

(3,995 posts)

1. Love this

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:39 PM

Apr 2025

When getting "stoned" meant getting drunk.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,618 posts)

3. Stoned meant a lot of things back then.

Reply to johnnyfins (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:48 PM

Apr 2025

Basically, escaping your sober, normal reality.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,618 posts)

4. Or this.

Reply to johnnyfins (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:56 PM

Apr 2025

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Or, maybe Jackson Brown learned this version from the Rev. Gary Davis-

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spike jones

(2,026 posts)

5. Was this written in 1965? In my crowd getting stoned in 1965 meant only one thing. Weed.

Reply to johnnyfins (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:33 PM

Apr 2025

OAITW r.2.0

(32,618 posts)

6. Coke was a known back in the 30's. They wrote songs about it.

Reply to spike jones (Reply #5)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:39 PM

Apr 2025

There wasn't a DEA to control drugs back then.

LoisB

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2. I actually got to see her perform at a blues club once. She was no longer "big" except for

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:44 PM

Apr 2025

that voice. "Hound Dog" brought the house down.

LiberalLoner

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7. Love Big Mama Thornton! Thanks for posting this!

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Original post)

Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:41 PM

Apr 2025

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