Latest Release
- 5 APR 2024
- 4 Songs
- Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe in Chronological Order: Vol. 1 (1929-1930) · 1990
- Complete Recoded Works in Chronological Order: Vol. 1 (1935) · 1991
- The Best of Chicago Blues · 2013
- Queen of Country Blues · 2003
- Bad Girls Vol.5, Mean Women Sing · 1941
- The Best of the Blues Vol. 3 · 2007
- Devil's Blues (New Edition) · 2006
- Queen of Country Blues · 2003
- Queen of Country Blues · 2003
- Women Sing and Play Boogie Woogie · 2003
Essential Albums
Singles & EPs
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