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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 - BDMUSIC 発売日 2006/04/06
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Memphis Minnie 1944 - 1953 Volume 3
Blues - Wolf Records International GmbH 発売日 1994/06/16
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Memphis Minnie Volume 1 The Complete Post-War Recordings In Chronological Order
Blues - Wolf Records International GmbH 発売日 1998/06/19
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The Complete Post-War Recordings In Chronological Order, Volume 2 (1946-1947)
Blues - Wolf Records 発売日 1998/06/19
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Rough Guide to Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Country Blues
Blues - Rough Guides - World Music Network 発売日 2022/07/29
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The First Lady of Blues (Digitally Remastered)
Blues - Nub Music 発売日 2019/05/03
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The Queen Of The Blues (1929-1941) (The Blues)
Blues - Fremeaux Heritage 発売日 2002/07/30
Qobuz厳選のディスコグラフィ16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Blue Notes – A Blues Survey from 1920-1960, vol. 2
Robert Johnson, Memphis Minnie, Bukka White
Blues - Phontastic 発売日 2024/04/05
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Me and My Chaffeur Blues / Black Rat Swing (Remastered)
Blues - CHICK-A-BOOM 発売日 1958/01/01
16-Bit CD音質 44.1 kHz - Stereo