Latest Release
- 5 APR 2024
- 4 Songs
- Queen of the Blues · 1997
- Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937) · 1936
- Queen of the Blues · 1929
- Legends of the Blues, Vol. 1 · 1930
- Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937) · 1936
- Rough Guide to Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Country Blues · 2022
- Rough Guide to Ragtime Blues · 2017
- American Epic: The Collection · 2017
- Rough Guide to Memphis Minnie - Queen of the Country Blues · 2016
- Epic Americana: Pre-War Blues, Country & Folk · 2016
Essential Albums
About Memphis Minnie
While several women rose to fame as blues vocalists in the early 1930s, few succeeded as instrumentalists. Memphis Minnie was a notable exception. A forceful guitarist who once reportedly beat Big Bill Broonzy in a guitar picking contest, Memphis Minnie was also an accomplished vocalist.
- HOMETOWN
- Algiers, LA, United States
- BORN
- 3 de junio de 1897
- GENRE
- Blues