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Artist Name
....First Came Memphis Minnie
Street Date
10/9/2012
UPC
772532135825
Selection Title
....First Came Memphis Minnie
Label
Stony Plain Records
List Price
16.98
Barcode For 772532135825
Format
CD A
Label Description

Maria Muldaur has produced this tribute to her blues hero Memphis Minnie. Including previously released tracks by Maria with Alvin Youngblood Hart, Del Rey, Roy Rogers and Steve James, new recordings by Rory Block, Ruthie Foster and Bonnie Raitt and classic tracks by Koko Taylor and Phoebe Snow.Memphis Minnie was one of the most influential and pioneering blues guitarists of all time. Recording over 40 years she was one of the first blues artists to go electric in 1942 when she took her country blues to electric urban blues, paving the way for Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, and countless others.

Track Listing
  •  1. Me And My Chauffeur Blues
  •  2. Ain't Nothin' In Ramblin'
  •  3. I'm Going Back Home
  •  4. I'm Sailin'
  •  5. When You Love Me
  •  6. Long As I Can See You Smile
  •  7. Lookin' The World Over
  •  8. In My Girlish Days
  •  9. She Put Me Outdoors
  •  10. Keep Your Big Mouth Closed
  •  11. Tricks Ain't Walkin'
  •  12. Crazy Cryin' Blues
  •  13. Black Rat Swing
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