Browsing: Memphis Minnie

Throughout history countless women have given the blues a unique stamp.

Throughout history countless women have given the blues a unique stamp.

This is the latest installment of our weekly series The Language of the Blues, in which author and rock musician…

“In another instance, a farmer removed the headstones from a cemetery, plowed over the land and planted cotton in place of the markers…”

This is the latest from The Bluesmobile’s C.C. Rider, who spends her life venerating the founding fathers of the blues. She’s walked the…

The lady born Elizabeth ‘Kid’ Douglas, chewed tobacco while she sang. Perched in her chiffon ballgown, she spat without missin’ a beat…

A lighthearted subcategory of urban blues called hokum was popular in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Find out all about this old, raucous, raunchy genre of blues music!

Discover milestone births, some touching memorials, an incredible Piedmont Blues recording session,

Blues songs are loaded with boasts, taunts, and jokes. Discover the fun meaning of “The dozens” as sung by Memphis Minnie, and find out the origin of schoolyard taunts and rap’s most prominent feature!

Find out what Memphis Minnie & James Cotton were singing about when they talk about a COMB — and how it relates to the Harmonica!