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 - Pubblicato da BDMUSIC il 6 apr 2006
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Memphis Minnie Vol. 5 (1940-1941)
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 27 set 2005
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Memphis Minnie 1944 - 1953 Volume 3
Blues - Pubblicato da Wolf Records International GmbH il 16 giu 1994
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Me And My Chauffeur Blues
Blues - Pubblicato da Findina Records il 21 ott 2016
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Memphis Minnie Volume 1 The Complete Post-War Recordings In Chronological Order
Blues - Pubblicato da Wolf Records International GmbH il 19 giu 1998
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The Complete Post-War Recordings In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (1946-1947)
Blues - Pubblicato da Wolf Records il 19 giu 1998
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Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Vol. 2 (1930 - 1931)
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 5 apr 2005
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Rough Guide to Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Country Blues
Blues - Pubblicato da Rough Guides - World Music Network il 29 lug 2022
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Queen Of The Blues
Blues - Pubblicato da Columbia - Legacy il 25 ago 1997
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Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937)
Blues - Pubblicato da Legacy - Columbia il 9 apr 1991
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Pickin' the Blues
Blues - Pubblicato da Catfish Records il 6 ott 2020
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Presenting Memphis Minnie
Blues - Pubblicato da Universal Digital Enterprises il 24 giu 1929
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Her Greatest Tracks
Blues - Pubblicato da Blues Country Records il 23 nov 2018
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Queen Of Country Blues
Blues - Pubblicato da JSP Records il 1 ago 2005
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Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe Vol. 4 (1933 - 1934)
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 5 apr 2005
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When The Levee Breaks - The Best Of
Blues - Pubblicato da Brownbeats Records il 1 giu 2010
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The First Lady of Blues (Digitally Remastered)
Blues - Pubblicato da Nub Music il 3 mag 2019
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The Queen Of The Blues (1929-1941) (The Blues)
Blues - Pubblicato da Fremeaux Heritage il 30 lug 2002
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When the Levee Breaks - Greatest Blues Masters
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Memphis Minnie Vol. 1 (1935)
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 27 set 2005
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Memphis Minnie Vol. 2 (1935-1936)
Blues - Pubblicato da Document Records il 27 set 2005
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