Big Joe Turner
The 500 Greatest Songs of the 1950s: 160 – 151
The big man bellows with hip-swiveling and tranquility-defying buoyancy
The Big Huerta Flip, Flops and Flies with Big Joe Turner
His portrait is based in blue streaks and I gave Joe the spiritual fire that seems to be a constant aspect in a lot of my stuff. I reckon it signifies soul and life and a certain forever, eternal, greatness. I also picked the Kansas City era Joe because I like to think of him singing without a microphone coming out from behind the bar