Born in Bastrop, LA in 1930, Mable John's family relocated to Detroit, where she became the first woman signed to Motown's Tamla label. The performance and interview videos below come from 2008 appearance on the BBC's Later...with Jools Holland.

You can see Mable John at the 2015 Ponderosa Stomp on October 2.

"No Matter How She Done It"

Interview