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.
© Barry Lee Pearson /TiVo
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Me and My Chaffeur Blues / Black Rat Swing (Remastered)
Blues - Released by CHICK-A-BOOM on 1 Jan 1958
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Hot Stuff
Blues - Released by Jukebox Entertainment on 30 Nov 2008
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Minnie and the Blues, Vol. 1
Blues - Released by Lumi Entertainment on 1 Jan 2013
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I'm A Bad Luck Woman
Blues - Released by Pimlico Records on 26 Nov 2021
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Let's Go To Town, Vol. 1
Blues - Released by Diamond Days on 5 May 2008
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Let's Go to Town, Vol. 2
Blues - Released by Supreme Media on 30 Oct 2013
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Queen Of The Delta Blues, Volume 2 (D)
Blues - Released by JSP Records on 18 Jul 2006
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Queen Of The Delta Blues, Volume 2 (C)
Blues - Released by JSP Records on 18 Jul 2006
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Queen Of The Delta Blues, Volume 2 (B)
Blues - Released by JSP Records on 18 Jul 2006
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Queen Of The Delta Blues, Volume 2 (A)
Blues - Released by JSP Records on 18 Jul 2006
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Highlights of Memphis Minnie
Pop - Released by Weishaupt Music & Entertainment on 5 Dec 2017
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites, Vol. 6
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 21 Mar 2011
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites, Vol. 7
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 21 Mar 2011
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites, Vol. 2
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 21 Mar 2011
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites Volume 5
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 20 Jun 2006
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites Volume 6
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 20 Jun 2006
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites Volume 7
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 20 Jun 2006
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites Volume 9
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 20 Jun 2006
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites Volume 2
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 20 Jun 2006
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Memphis Minnie Selected Favorites Volume 4
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 20 Jun 2006
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