Big Mama & Victor Urís

From Her Website Http //www.Bigmamamontse.Com Montserrat Pratdesaba Was Born At St Quirze De Besora Catalonia In 1963 And Was Nicknamed Big Mama At Barcelona's Legendary "Cova Del Drac" Club Where Her Career And Love Of The Blues Began. “I Was Born In 1963 On A Small Town Near Barcelona Spain. Since I Was A Kid I Took Interest In Music And I Started Playing Piano But Later On My Parents Brought Me A Guitar That I Learned To Play For Fun. I Used To Sing And Play At Home Or At School For My Young Friends And By The Way I Was Discovering A New Emotional Way To Express Myself. It Was In 1988 That I First Got A Job Singing The Blues On A Very Important Jazz Club In Barcelona. It Was There Where Somebody Called Me Big Mama For The First Time And I Liked It! So I Can Tell You That Big Mama Was Born In 1988! Then I Recorded A One-Day Session On A Studio With Some Musicians To Have A Demo For Booking Ourselves. We Got Some Gigs On Small Clubs And Occasionally On Some Blues Festivals. The Name Of This Blues Band Was Blues Reunion And Then We Changed It To Big Mama And The Blues Messengers. We Played Together Till 1993. After That I Changed My Style By Getting Back To My Old Acoustic Guitar And I Started To Compose My Own Songs. That Same Year 1994 I Worked On A Tribute To The Empress Of The Blues The Great Bessie Smith And Had A Very Nice Relationship With The Jazz Musicians That Helped Me To Make That Dream Come True. Since Then I Had Some Different Bands Duets And Trios Big Mama & The Mouserockers Big Mama Accoustic Band Tableau De Blues Etc... And I Also Collaborated With Different Jazz Combos And Big Bands Such As The New Orléans Blue Stompers Or La Locomotora Negra Jazz Orchestra. I Have Recorded 10 CDs And Also I’ve Contributed Singing On Many Recordings. I’ve Had The Great Chance To Participate On Some Very Important Blues And Jazz Festivals In Spain And France And In Numerous Concerts Around Catalonia Enjoying All Of Them. Well Nowadays I Play Alone Just It’s Me And My Guitar!” read less