Memphis Minnie

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blues musician guitarist person singer songwriter

Memphis Minnie was a pioneering American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter renowned for her powerful vocals, virtuosic guitar work, and influential recordings from the 1920s through the 1950s.

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Memphis Minnie canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues musician ⓘ
guitarist ⓘ
person ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kid Douglas ⓘ
Minnie McCoy ⓘ
birthName Lizzie Douglas ⓘ
burialPlace New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Walls, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-06-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1973-08-06 ⓘ
era 1920s–1950s ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre Chicago blues ⓘ
blues ⓘ
country blues ⓘ
grewUpIn Walls, Mississippi ⓘ
surface form: Walls, Mississippi, United States
influenced Big Mama Thornton ⓘ
Bonnie Raitt ⓘ
Koko Taylor ⓘ
Led Zeppelin ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
memberOf Memphis Jug Band ⓘ
notableFeature powerful vocals ⓘ
virtuosic guitar technique ⓘ
notableWork Bumble Bee ⓘ
Hoodoo Lady ⓘ
Me and My Chauffeur Blues ⓘ
When the Levee Breaks ⓘ
occupation blues guitarist ⓘ
blues singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
performanceStyle bottleneck slide guitar ⓘ
fingerstyle guitar ⓘ
performingNameDerivedFrom Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
surface form: Memphis, Tennessee
placeOfBirth New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
surface form: Algiers, Louisiana, United States
placeOfDeath Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ
recognizedAs pioneer of female blues guitarists ⓘ
recordLabel Bluebird Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
Vocalion Records ⓘ
spouse Casey Bill Weldon ⓘ
Ernest Lawlars ⓘ
Joe McCoy ⓘ
wroteSong When the Levee Breaks ⓘ

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Blues Hall of Fame → notableInductee → Memphis Minnie ⓘ
Big Bill Broonzy → associatedAct → Memphis Minnie ⓘ