Latest Release
- 5 APR 2024
- 4 Songs
- Queen of the Blues · 1997
- 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
- Blues Hits, Essential Tracks & Rarities, Vol. 6 · 2014
- Nuages (Authentic Recordings 1939 - 1955) · 2014
- Memphis Minnie - Million Dollar Blues · 2014
- Memphis Minnie - Million Dollar Blues · 2014
Essential Albums
- 1997
Appears On
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 June 1897
- GENRE
- Blues