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Big
Time Sarah Streeter is an energetic and charismatic vocalist and
entertainer. She moved to Chicago from Coldwater, MS, as a
child. She initially sang in South Side gospel choirs but at
the age of 14 she debuted as a blues singer on stage at Morgan's
Lounge.
A regular and important part of the
North Side Blues experience for two decades, this lady can sing
the blues. But she does much more than that. She transforms
your evening into a blues tapestry of experiences - from the
raunchy to the sublime. A typical evening at a Club in which
Sarah performs might include several volunteers having to go up on
stage to help her with a song or two and several men having their
faces pressed against her ample chest. She wouldn't have it
any other way. This is pre-Eric/Stevie style blues. It tells
a story, it laments, and it entertains with superb showmanship. |
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| "You have to get with the audience. . . . `Well honey, yes, that's what I'm doing for you. What else do you want me to do for you, sugar?' " she says. "You have to talk trash with them, get out with them, shake with them, dance with them."
In earlier days, she performed with
Blues Piano great, Sunnyland Slim. Today, Sarah's band, the BTS
Express, is excellent... high energy, great guitar licks and a good,
driving beat.
She performs in the Chicago area as well as in other parts of the US and
frequently in Europe. Sarah has 3 blues albums to her credit. |
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TicketMaster CitySearch Review by Kris Kalyala - Courtesy:
CitySearch.com
Editor's Note: The following
article is the best we've seen about BTS. Enjoy!
A veteran of the Chicago blues scene for three decades, this diva knows how to throw her weight around when wielding a mic, to the delight of those who enjoy her charged, raunchy shows. You'd expect no less from a woman who used to be a full-time bouncer.
With two studio albums, 1993's "Lay It On 'Em Girls" and 1996's "Blues in the Year One-D-One"(Delmark Records), Big Time Sarah's tunes are well-known to her fans. "I Don't Want No Man" from "One-D-One" sums up her attitude: "I don't need no man tellin' me this and that/Go drink your whiskey, I'll drink my wine, tend to your business, I'll tend to mine." When you hear her deep, raspy, throat-gurgling voice, you know Big Time Sarah isn't fooling around.
She also knows how to work a crowd. Her signature tune is "Meet Me With Your Black Drawers On," when she makes the audience sing along. When she croons about spraying perfume all over herself to win a man, she means ALL over, and her gestures prove it. She often drags the meek onstage to sing along including, once at Roundhouse, Walter Payton's mother (Walter conveniently disappeared when his name was called). It's all part of the Big Time Sarah experience, one that no Chicago blues lover should miss. |
Big Time Sarah
Courtesy CitySearch |
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