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"Big Bad John"

"Big Bad John" is a country song originally performed by Jimmy Dean, who wrote and composed it. It was released in September 1961 and by the beginning of November it had gone to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It won Dean the 1962 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.

The song and its sequels tell a story typical of American folklore, reminiscent of Paul Bunyan or John Henry. Big Bad John was also the title of a 1990 television movie starring Dean.

The song is about a mysterious and quiet miner who earns the nickname Big John because of his height, weight, and muscular physique – "He stood six foot six and weighed 245". He apparently hails from New Orleans, where, with "a crashin' blow from a huge right hand", he allegedly killed a man in a fight over a Cajun Queen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnHprUGKF0

Maybe not "Big Bad John" but he has that look.

Wellington, Somerset, UK.

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Taken in: UK / England / Taunton Deane District / Wellington (show map)

Taken on: February 23, 2024

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-GX7, f/7.1, 1/400 sec, 14mm (=28mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-GX7
Lens:	LUMIX G 14/F2.5
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	14mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3.6 (Windows)
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