Public Domain 4U says:Memphis Minnie ranks as one of the blues' most influential and historically significant female artists. Sometime during her early teens she began playing and singing on Memphis street corners and eventually joined Ringling Brothers Circus. During the 1920s she settled into Memphis's Beale Street blues scene, accompanied by guitarist Kansas Joe McCoy. It's easy to hear her influence in modern music.
Levee bluesbyBessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) blues Here is another 1927 classic from the archives. Her voice rings out her thoughts about going down to the Levee with that lonesome feeling as...more »
Sweet PetuniabyBessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan) blues Bessie Jackson was a pseudonym for Lucille Bogan, a classic female blues artist from the '20s and '30s. This 1927 recording made her famous and...more »
Weeping WillowbyBlind Boy Filler blues, acoustic blues How does a man with no eye sight paint a picture so well? It's the music and the story telling, I'm sure. The feeling of...more »
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