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Hustlin’ Woman Blues. Memphis Minnie. Track 10 on PROTEST! American Protest Songs 1928-1953. 1 viewer. 3 Contributors. Hustlin’ Woman Blues Lyrics. I stood on the corner all night long,...
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Provided to YouTube by Zebralution GmbHHustlin' Woman Blues · Memphis MinniePresenting Memphis Minnie℗ 1929 VocalionReleased on: 1929-06-24Composer: Minnie M...
Nov 6, 2014 · Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesHustlin' Woman Blues · Memphis MinnieMemphis Minnie Vol. 1 (1935)℗ 1991 Document RecordsReleased on: 2005-09-27...
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- Memphis Minnie - Topic
- Began Playing at A Young Age
- Created The Hard-Driving Electric Sound
- Forced Into Retirement
- Selected Discography
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Minnie, who also went by the names Texas Tessie, Minnie McCoy, and Gospel Minnie, was born Lizzie Douglas on June 3, 1897, in Algiers, Louisiana, a city located near the mouth of the Mississippi River, across from the old slave docks in New Orleans. Minnie was the first of thirteen children born to Abe and Gertrude Douglas, who were Baptist sharecr...
For several years, Minnie was a member of the Memphis Jug Band and recorded with several artists. In 1929 Minnie was discovered by a talent scout from Columbia Records and recorded her first song, “Bumble Bee,” under the name of Memphis Minnie, along with her second husband, the guitarist Kansas Joe McCoy (her first husband was guitarist Casey Bill...
In addition to watering down her music, the record labels prevented Minnie from reaping the economic benefits of her success. One of her protegés, Brewer Phillips, conveyed that Minnie claimed to have been “messed around in the music” and gave him the advice, “You can learn to play, but don’t let them take your money.” In 1958 Minnie and third husb...
Hoodoo Lady, Columbia, 1933. Early Rhythm & Blues, Biograph, 1934. I Ain’t No Bad Gal, Indigo, 1988.
Books
Garon, Paul, and Beth Garon, Woman With Guitar: Memphis Minnie Blues, Da Capo, New York, 1992. Harrison, Daphne Duval, Black Pearls: Blues Queens of the 1920s, New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press, 1987.
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http://www.blueflamcafe.com/Memphis_Minnie.html http://www.p-dub.com/thang/minnie.html http://www.roadhouseblues.com/bipages/bioMinnie.htm http://www.surrealism-usa.org/pages/memphis.htm http://www.wordesterphoenix.com/archive/music —Christine Miner Minderovic
Lyrics to "Hustlin' Woman Blues" by MEMPHIS MINNIE: I stood on the corner all night long, counting the stars one by one / I stood on the corner all night long, counting the stars one by one / I didn't make me no money, Bob, and I can't go back home / (spoken: I've got a bad man) / My man sits in the window with his...
Memphis Minnie · Song · 2021.
