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The Rough Guide To Memphis Minnie - Queen Of The Country Blues

Memphis Minnie

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Format: LP

Cat No: RGNET1422LP

Release Date:  29 July 2022

Label:  World Music Network

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  605633142228

Genres:  Blues  Country-Blues  

Release Date:  06 October 2023

Label:  World Music Network

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  605633142242

Genres:  Blues  Country-Blues  

  • Description

    Memphis Minnie was one of the greatest guitarists and blues singers of her time and a pioneering influence in the urban transformation of country blues, this classic selection of songs is taken from her first prodigious burst of creativity when she recorded with her then-husband Kansas Joe McCoy.

    Features many of her early classics including 'Bumble Bee', 'Moaning The Blues' and 'Too Late' that highlight her diverse repertoire from ragtime and hokum to traditional blues and other novelty songs.

    Memphis Minnie was a lone female voice in the male-dominated early country blues scene, she was and A phenomenal guitarist who is said to have beaten both Big Bill Broonzy & Tampa Red in guitar contests.

    Lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques.

    Description

    Memphis Minnie was one of the greatest guitarists and blues singers of her time and a pioneering influence in the urban transformation of country blues. This classic selection of songs is taken from her first prodigious burst of creativity when she recorded with her then-husband Kansas Joe McCoy.

    If ever a title was justified, then 'Queen of the Country Blues' is the bare minimum that should be afforded to Memphis Minnie, a lone female voice in the male-dominated country blues scene whose musical legacy is nothing short of remarkable. Minnie transcended both gender and genre and her recording career spanned from the late 1920s heyday of country blues to the cutting-edge Chicago scene of the 1940s & 1950s, where she helped pioneer the roots of electric blues, R&B and rock 'n' roll.

    This collection highlights the formative years of Minnie's career as part of the duo and includes accomplished blues numbers such as 'Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues', probably based on personal experience, as well as 'Bumble Bee' their first recorded song and one of Minnie's most successful of her hundred or so songs that she recorded before retiring in the mid-1950s.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Keep It To Yourself
      • 2. Drunken Barrel House Blues
      • 3. Moaning The Blues
      • 4. New Dirty Dozen
      • 5. Outdoor Blues
      • 6. I'm Talking 'Bout You - No. 2
      • 7. North Memphis Blues
      • 8. Frisco Town
      • 9. Can I Do It For You? - Part 1
      • 10. Bumble Bee
      • 11. What’s The Matter With The Mill?
      • 12. My Butcher Man
      • 13. Let’s Go To Town
      • 14. Where Is My Good Man
      • 15. Jailhouse Trouble Blues
      • 16. Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
      • 17. Ain't No Use Trying To Tell On Me (I Know Something On You)
      • 18. Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues
      • 19. Goin' Back To Texas
      • 20. Crazy Cryin’ Blues
      • 21. I Don’t Want That Junk Outta You
      • 22. Grandma And Grandpa Blues
      • 23. Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
      • 24. Georgia Skin Blues
      • 25. Too Late

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Keep It To Yourself
      • 2. North Memphis Blues
      • 3. New Dirty Dozen
      • 4. What's The Matter With The Mill?
      • 5. Outdoor Blues
      • 6. Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
      • 7. I Don't Want That Junk Outta You
      • 8. I'm Talking ‘Bout You - No. 2
      • 9. Bumble Bee
      • 10. Ain't No Use Trying To Tell On Me (I Know Something On You)
      • 11. Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues
      • 12. Can I Do It For You? - Part 1
      • 13. Too Late