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Jessie Mae Hemphill (October 18, 1923 – July 22, 2006) was an American electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the North Mississippi hill country blues traditions of her family and regional heritage.
Singer, guitarist, percussionist, and songwriter Jessie Mae Hemphill was born between Como and Senatobia, near the Tate-Panola County line, in 1923. (It was believed for many years that she was born much later, in 1933 or 1934.) Her family had a long musical tradition, contributing to her multi-instrumental abilities and the richness of her North […]
Oct 11, 2021 · published 11 October 2021. The one-woman band shares some hard-won wisdom. Jessie Mae Hemphill, 2003(Image credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images) The late Jessie Mae Hemphill is a legend of hill country blues guitar. Born in 1923, she grew up in a lineage of familial fife-and-drums bands from northern Mississippi.
May 18, 2018 · Jessie Mae Hemphill. 1923–2006. Blues musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, percussionist. Blues musician and vocalist Jessie Mae Hemphill was a paradox. Her rough exterior portrayed a tough, independent woman. Yet the beauty of her voice exposed her delicate femininity.
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Senatobia. One of the few female performers of country blues, Jessie Mae Hemphill (c. 1923 – 2006) was a multi-instrumentalist who performed in local fife and drum bands before gaining international recognition in the 1980s as a vocalist and guitarist.
Jul 25, 2006 · MEMPHIS, July 24 (AP) Jessie Mae Hemphill, whose award-winning blues career lasted decades and was heavily influenced by her upbringing in rural Mississippi, died here on Saturday. She was 71.
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After joining with High Water, Hemphill began to fill out a small band, though primarily this would involve a drummer and a second guitarist, the latter role being primarily held by Dr. David Evans. Following a very productive decade (which included at least four tours to Europe), Hemphill’s career came to a grinding halt due to a stroke in ...
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