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Memphis Minnie – “I’d Rather See Him Dead”
Memphis Minnie – “Joe Louis Strut”
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Mixtape Alert | History of Black Female Guitarists | Don’t Dance Her Down Boys
Sometimes I forget that some people don’t know the full impact that black women had on rock n roll. If you didn’t know it was epic. Without the talent and energy of many wonderful women the state of music today would be blander than Cliff Richard eating a cucumber sandwich. Read More: Mixtape Alert | […]
Memphis Minnie – “Black Cat Blues”
Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie’s Blues
Memphis Minnie – Biography by Barry Lee Pearson
“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.”
Read more at Memphis Minnie | Biography & History | AllMusic
Black Women In Rock 