Grateful Dead Family Discography: Big Fat Woman

Big Fat Woman

Composer: Traditional

Big Fat Woman was performed by Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions in 1964.

The song also occurs as I Got A Big Fat Woman or Got A Big Fat Woman. Part of a wider song family that also includes titles like Meat Shakin' Woman. Characterised by a line similar to "I got a big fat woman, grease shakin' on her bone" or, as in the case of Mother McCree's, "Big fat woman with the meat shaking on her bones."

On recordings writing credits are often given as Leadbelly but it appears that the song pre-dates him.

Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions

Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, 1998

Other recordings

no info Single (Meat Shakin' Woman / I'm A Good Stem Winder), Blind Boy Fuller, 1938
no info Leadbelly, 1943
no info Leadbelly, 1947
Got A Mind To Ramble, Tom Rush, 1963
no info Tom Rush, Tom Rush, 1972
no info Truckin' My Blues Away, Blind Boy Fuller, 1977
Ruby, Ruby, 1977
no info Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rebirth Brass Band, 1989
no info Bourgeois Blues: Golden Classics, Pt. 1, Leadbelly, 1990
no info Feel Like Funkin' It Up, Rebirth Brass Band, 1991
no info Do You Wanna Dance, Bobby Freeman, 1991
no info The Best of, Bobby Freeman, 1992
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1937-1938), Blind Boy Fuller, 1992
no info 44 Blues, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, 1992
no info Bad Avenue, Buddy Scott, 1993
no info Storyteller Blues, Leadbelly, 1994
no info Blues Is Nothing But Good News!, Eddie Shaw, 1994
no info I Got A Big Fat Woman, Chick Willis, 1994
no info Memorial, Vol. 1-2, Leadbelly, 1995
no info Where Did You Sleep Last Night? Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1, Leadbelly, 1996
no info In the Shadow of the Gallows Pole, Leadbelly, 1996
Blues, Songs and Ballads (Exp CD version), Tom Rush, 1996
no info Masters of the Country Blues, Leadbelly/Blind Willie McTell, 1996
no info I Got a Big Fat Woman, Treme Brass Band, 1996
Folk Music: All That's Folk, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 1996
no info Fabulous Flips, Vol. 3, Various Artists (Bobby Freeman), 1997
no info The Blues Is Nothing But Good News!, Eddie Shaw, 1998
no info Masters, Leadbelly, 1998
no info Louisiana Swamp Blues, Vol. 5, Various Artists (Tabby Thomas), 1998
no info Giants of the Folk Tradition, Vol. 1, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 1998
no info Bay Area Rockers 1957-1960, Various Artists (Bobby Freeman), 1999
Complete Recorded Works: 1939-1947, Vol. 6: 1947, Leadbelly, 2000
no info Best of Leadbelly, Leadbelly, 2000
no info Steel Blues, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2000
no info Shades of Blue, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2000
no info Nothing But the Blues, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2000
no info Essential, Leadbelly, 2001
no info Essential, Blind Boy Fuller, 2001
no info Blues Greats: Blues All Time Favorites, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2001
no info The Definitive, Leadbelly, 2002
no info 60th Anniversary Edition: The Definitive, Leadbelly, 2002
no info The Tradition Masters, Leadbelly, 2002
no info The Original Blues, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2002
no info Retro Blues: Roots Of Blues Music In America, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2002
no info Remastered 1935-1938, Blind Boy Fuller, 2004
no info Goodnight Irene: The Best of, Leadbelly, 2005
no info Complete Blue Horizon Sessions, Champion Jack Dupree, 2005
no info Best of the Blues, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2005
no info The Legend of Leadbelly, Leadbelly, 2006
no info Borrow Love and Go, Leadbelly, 2006
no info Collectables Classics, Leadbelly, 2006
no info Blues Legends, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2006
no info Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways, Various Artists (Leadbelly), 2008