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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.
Pages in category "Memphis blues musicians" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Jackie Brenston; C.
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues.
Pages in category "Blues musicians from Tennessee" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... Memphis Willie B. Johnny Wright (guitarist)
Lizzie Douglas (June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973), better known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted for over three decades. She recorded around 200 songs, some of the best known being " When the Levee Breaks ", " Me and My Chauffeur Blues ", "Bumble Bee" and "Nothing in Rambling".
Rufus C. Thomas, Jr. (March 26, 1917 – December 15, 2001) [1] [2] [3] was an American rhythm-and-blues, funk, soul and blues singer, songwriter, dancer, DJ and comic entertainer from Memphis, Tennessee. He recorded for several labels, including Chess Records and Sun Records in the 1950s, before becoming established in the 1960s and 1970s at ...
In the days before the first Memphis Country Blues Society festival in July 1966, some 400 members of the KKK marched at Overton Park, even burning a cross at the parking lot. That didn’t stop ...
Tennessee Memphis blues [34] Bernice Edwards: 1907 1969 Texas Classic female blues [35] Sleepy John Estes: 1899* 1977 Tennessee Country blues [36] Ethel Finnie: 1898 1981 Louisiana Classic female blues [37] Blind Boy Fuller: 1907* 1941 North Carolina Piedmont blues [38] Jesse Fuller: 1896 1976 Georgia Piedmont blues [38] Jazz Gillum: 1904* 1966 ...