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I first heard this record when I was a toddler. My mom and grandmother were from Birmingham, Alabama and would play this when they felt homesick about leaving it for the greener pastures up north in upstate New York (sometimes even thinking that it was a big mistake). Every time I heard this mountainous voice boom out of the speaker I just knew that someone in my family would be on their "Way Back Home" to Birmingham within weeks. This was my introduction to the force of nature that is Big Maybelle.