Memphis Minnie
Tracking down the ultimate woman blues guitar hero is problematic because woman blues singers seldom recorded as guitar players and woman guitar players (such as Rosetta Tharpe and Sister O.M. Terrell) were seldom recorded playing blues. Excluding contemporary artists, the most notable exception to this pattern was Memphis Minnie. The most popular and prolific blueswoman outside the vaudeville tradition, she earned the respect of critics, the support of record-buying fans, and the unqualified praise of the blues artists she worked with throughout her long career. Despite her Southern roots and popularity, she was as much a Chicago blues artist as anyone in her day. Big Bill Broonzy recalls her beating both him and Tampa Red in a guitar contest and claims she was the best woman guitarist he had ever heard. Tough enough to endure in a hard business, she earned the respect of her peers with her solid musicianship and recorded good blues over four decades for Columbia, Vocalion, Bluebird, OKeh, Regal, Checker, and JOB. She also proved to have as good taste in musical husbands as music and sustained working marriages with guitarists Casey Bill Weldon, Joe McCoy, and Ernest Lawlars. Their guitar duets span the spectrum of African-American folk and popular music, including spirituals, comic dialogs, and old-time dance pieces, but Memphis Minnie's best work consisted of deep blues like "Moaning the Blues." More than a good woman blues guitarist and singer, Memphis Minnie holds her own against the best blues artists of her time, and her work has special resonance for today's aspiring guitarists.
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BD Music & Olivier Wozniak Present Memphis Minnie
Blues - Erschienen bei BDMUSIC am 06.04.2006
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Memphis Minnie Vol. 5 (1940-1941)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 27.09.2005
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Memphis Minnie 1944 - 1953 Volume 3
Blues - Erschienen bei Wolf Records International GmbH am 16.06.1994
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Memphis Minnie Volume 1 The Complete Post-War Recordings In Chronological Order
Blues - Erschienen bei Wolf Records International GmbH am 19.06.1998
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The Complete Post-War Recordings In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (1946-1947)
Blues - Erschienen bei Wolf Records am 19.06.1998
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Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Vol. 2 (1930 - 1931)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 05.04.2005
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Rough Guide to Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Country Blues
Blues - Erschienen bei Rough Guides - World Music Network am 29.07.2022
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Queen Of The Blues
Blues - Erschienen bei Columbia - Legacy am 25.08.1997
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Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937)
Blues - Erschienen bei Legacy - Columbia am 09.04.1991
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Pickin' the Blues
Blues - Erschienen bei Catfish Records am 06.10.2020
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Presenting Memphis Minnie
Blues - Erschienen bei Universal Digital Enterprises am 24.06.1929
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Her Greatest Tracks
Blues - Erschienen bei Blues Country Records am 23.11.2018
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Queen Of Country Blues
Blues - Erschienen bei JSP Records am 01.08.2005
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Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Vol. 4 (1933 - 1934)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 05.04.2005
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When The Levee Breaks - The Best Of
Blues - Erschienen bei Brownbeats Records am 01.06.2010
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The First Lady of Blues (Digitally Remastered)
Blues - Erschienen bei Nub Music am 03.05.2019
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The Queen Of The Blues (1929-1941) (The Blues)
Blues - Erschienen bei Fremeaux Heritage am 30.07.2002
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When the Levee Breaks - Greatest Blues Masters
Kansas Joe McCoy, Memphis Minnie
Blues - Erschienen bei Vintage Masters Inc. am 01.09.2012
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Memphis Minnie Vol. 1 (1935)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 27.09.2005
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Memphis Minnie Vol. 2 (1935-1936)
Blues - Erschienen bei Document Records am 27.09.2005
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The Best of Memphis Minnie
Blues - Erschienen bei Excess Music am 18.05.2012
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