Kathryn Marie "Kathi" McDonald (September 25, 1948 – October 3, 2012) was an American blues and rock singer and songwriter. As a teenager she sang with different bands around the Pacific Northwest before she was discovered by Ike Turner. She sang as an Ikette with Ike & Tina Turner and eventually replaced Janis Joplin as the front woman of Big Brother and Holding Company. McDonald became a background vocalist for various artists, including Leon Russell, Joe Cocker, The Rolling Stones, Freddie King, and Long John Baldry. She also recorded as a solo artist and fronted her own band Kathi McDonald & Friends.
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Pete Sears
British musician
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The Ikettes
American vocal group; backing vocalists for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue
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Venetta Fields
singer
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Bonnie Bramlett
American singer and occasional actress
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Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
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Long John Baldry
English-Canadian singer and voice actor (1941-2005)
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Jo Armstead
singer and songwriter
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Big Brother and the Holding Company
American rock band
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Aynsley Dunbar
British musician
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Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Jesse Ed Davis
American musician
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Delaney & Bonnie
American husband and wife music duo
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Janis Joplin
American singer and songwriter
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Maggie Bell
Scottish singer-songwriter
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Leon Russell
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist and session musician
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Gloria Scott
singer
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P. P. Arnold
American soul singer, songwriter, actress
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Jimmy Thomas
American soul singer-songwriter
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Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Rufus
American funk band
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Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
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Jim Keltner
American session drummer
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Big Mama Thornton
American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter
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The Mirettes
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Essra Mohawk
American musician
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Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Duffy Bishop
American electric blues singer and songwriter
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Odetta
American recording artist, singer, actress, guitarist, lyricist, and civil and human rights activist (1930-2008)
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The Sharpees
American R&B group
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Tina Turner
American-born singer, dancer, actress, and author; naturalized Swiss citizen
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Chaka Khan
American singer-songwriter
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Al Jackson Jr.
American musician and record producer
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Rita Coolidge
American singer
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Alice Stuart
American musician
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Micky Waller
British musician
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Tracy Nelson
American singer
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Terry Cox
British drummer