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The Memphis blues is a style of blues music created from the 1910s to the 1930s by musicians in the Memphis area, such as Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis and Memphis Minnie. The style was popular in vaudeville and medicine shows and was associated with Beale Street , the main entertainment area in Memphis.
Joe Willie Wilkins (January 7, 1921 [2] or 1923 [3] – March 28, 1979) [3] [4] was an American Memphis blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. [1] He influenced his contemporaries Houston Stackhouse, Robert Nighthawk, David Honeyboy Edwards, and Jimmy Rogers, [5] but he had a greater impact on up-and-coming guitarists, including Little Milton, B.B. King, and Albert King. [6]
The Memphis Blues were a Negro league baseball team from Memphis, Tennessee, that played in the minor league Negro Southern League in 1947. [1] References
In 1912, the sheet music for "The Memphis Blues" by W.C. Handy was published, enabling musicians everywhere to emulate the city's signature sound.
After a seven-year span with no professional team, the city became host to the Memphis Blues, a Double-A club of the Texas League, in 1968. [1] The team played at Blues Stadium, a converted American Legion field which opened in 1963 and was located at the former Mid-South Fairgrounds. [3] They were affiliated with the New York Mets. [4]
Memphis was a center of blues music for much of the 20th century. Pianist and singer Booker T. Laury was born in Memphis in 1914 and Blues Hall of Famers Johnny Shines and Memphis Slim were born there in 1915. During the 1940s and 1950s, Memphis was the home of B. B. King, Bobby Bland, Rosco Gordon, Junior Parker, Johnny Ace, Willie Nix, and ...
It was primarily used for baseball and was the home of the Memphis Blues (1968–1976), the Memphis Chicks (1978–1997), and the Memphis Redbirds (1998–1999). The ballpark had a capacity of 8,800 people and opened in 1963 as an American Legion field, dubbed Fairgrounds #3 due to its location at the former Mid-South Fairgrounds.
More than 158 acts from 32 states and 12 countries will take part in the 2024 International Blues Challenge in Memphis.