Big Bad John (Jimmy Dean)

NAME/ORIGIN
Character name	Big John, aka Big Bad John
Song/Album	"Big Bad John" / single
Act	Jimmy Dean
Writer	Jimmy Dean and Roy Acuff
Release Date	1961
ABILITIES
Powers	Superhuman strength-- supported a mine, killed a man with one blow "like a giant oak tree" "a crashin' blow from a huge right hand Sent a Louisiana fellow to the promised land"
Skills	mining
Attributes	domineering "Everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John" reliable "Every morning at the mine, you would see him arrive"
Vulnerabilities	Doing the right thing; it sent him on the lam, then got him killed.
Formidability	stronger than the strongest naturally-occurring body-builder, weightlifter, boxer, or strongman-- but maybe only twice as much, well shy of many superheroes
Attractiveness	The miners "knew (him) well" but his face is N/A
Source	natural size plus mine work, but also...?
Goals	do his job, get paid, and go home (speculative)
POSSESSIONS
Weapons	N/A
Amulets	N/A
Objects	miner's gear and tools (speculative)
Clothing	miner's helmet, overalls, boots (speculative)
Vehicles	N/A (must have lived/camped within walking distance of mine)
Dwelling	"Nobody seemed to know where John called home He just drifted into town and stayed all alone"
Milieu	The mine, probably a coal mine
BIOGRAPHY
Gender	Male
Age	30s (speculative)
Physique	"Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip"  "He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five" (Dwayne "Rock" Johnson is 6'5" and 260; Dave Bautista is 6'6" and 290)
Ethnicity	N/A
Origin	"Somebody said he came from New Orleans"
Ancestry	N/A
Profession	miner, whatever he did in New Orleans
Education	N/A but likely less that HS graduation
SES	low, coal-miner wages
Relationships	possibly had loved a "Cajun Queen" but left when he killed a rival for her in a fight
Pets	N/A
PERSONALITY
Morality	High, willingly risked his life for 20 others, and defended a woman's honor at his own risk
Intro/extrovert	Introvert "He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy And if you spoke at all, you just said 'Hi' to Big John"
Intelligence	N/A but high enough
Emotions	Stoic, aloof
Sanity	Sane
Enemies	the man he allegedly killed in New Orleans, the police
Narrative Function	protagonist
Other Notes	The story is short and ends with his death, although other songs speculate that the Cajun Queen rescued him, and that they had a son named Little Bitty Big John.