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Memphis Minnie: Queen of the Blues
by noteworthy at 4:35 pm EDT, Sep 11, 2005

Found via Cafe LA; album review by Rhapsody:

This extensive collection of songs featuring the pioneering female guitarist and blues singer is highlighted by Memphis Minnie's distinctive guitar style and contralto vocals. Minnie sings about committing murder with enough conviction to make you wonder if she wasn't the biggest, baddest bad ass in Chicago in the 1940s.

This is amazing stuff. Check out "When The Levee Breaks" (iTMS URL, RealAudio clip).

Memphis Minnie: Queen of the Blues
by Decius at 6:18 pm EDT, Sep 11, 2005

Found via Cafe LA; album review by Rhapsody:

This extensive collection of songs featuring the pioneering female guitarist and blues singer is highlighted by Memphis Minnie's distinctive guitar style and contralto vocals. Minnie sings about committing murder with enough conviction to make you wonder if she wasn't the biggest, baddest bad ass in Chicago in the 1940s.

This is amazing stuff. Check out "When The Levee Breaks" (iTMS URL, RealAudio clip).

I've been wondering when this song was going to pop up in the discouse. Of course, this was famously covered by Led Zeppelin as the last song on their IVth album. It was also on A Perfect Circle's recent compilation of anti-war covers, but I prefer the earlier two renditions personally.