[1] At age 14, she began singing blues at the Morgan's Lounge Club, and in the 1970s she played with musicians such as Magic Slim, Buddy Guy, The Aces, Junior Wells, Johnny Bernard, and Erwin Helfer.
[1][2] Her experience playing with Sunnyland Slim led to her first solo release, a single released on his label, Airway Records.
[1] Teamed with Zora Young and Bonnie Lee in 'Blues with the Girls', Sarah toured Europe in 1982 and recorded an album in Paris, France.
[3] From 1989, she performed with a group called The BTS Express.
[citation needed] Big Time Sarah died on June 13, 2015, aged 62, from heart complications in a Chicago-area nursing home.