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Memphis Minnie. Lizzie Douglas (June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973), better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs, some of the best known being "When the Levee Breaks", "Me and My Chauffeur Blues", "Bumble Bee" and "Nothing in ...
Memphis Minnie (known to her family as “Kid”) was born June 3, 1897, in Algiers Louisiana, the oldest of 13 brothers and sisters. She grew up in Walls Mississippi, about 20 miles from Memphis on Route 61, in a time before rural electrification and national media created a mass culture.
Memphis Minnie (June 3, 1897 -- August 6, 1973) was an American blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. She was the only female blues artist considered a ...
Sep 25, 2019 · Memphis Minnie was born Lizzie Douglas in rural Algiers, Louisiana on June 3, 1887. She was the oldest of 13 brothers and sisters. When she was ten years old, her family moved to Walls, Mississippi, about twenty miles south of Memphis, Tennessee. Minnie started playing banjo at age seven and got her first guitar a couple years later.
May 14, 2018 · Memphis Minnie 1897 – 1973. Blues singer, guitarist, composer. Began Playing at a Young Age. Created the Hard-Driving Electric Sound. Forced Into Retirement. Selected discography. Sources. The blues scene in the 1920s and 1930s was diverse in style — spanning classic, urban, and country blues — but almost completely homogenous in terms of ...
Memphis Minnie died of complications from a stroke in Memphis in 1973 and buried in Walls, Miss. Today, 40 years later, her songs continue to be recorded by contemporary artists. Her image of the powerful, take no-crap guitar hero was perfectly suited to the modern women’s movement and she continues inspiring new generations.
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