Memphis Minnie - The Queen Of Country Blues: Selected Recordings 1929-53 (CD)

Memphis Minnie - The Queen Of Country Blues: Selected Recordings 1929-53 Lizzie Douglas, otherwise known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, singer and songwriter from Mississippi, born in 1897, who ran away from home when she was 13 to start playing on Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee. She started performing with her second husband Kansas Joe McCoy and they made their first records in 1929 - she remained active as a performer and recording artist until the 1950s. She was without doubt one of the true pioneers among female country blues artists. This 99-track 4-CD collection comprises selected A and B sides from her releases on the Columbia, Vocalion, Decca, Bluebird, Okeh, Regal, Checker and J.O.B. labels covering the spectrum of her career - she recorded over 200 titles, so this set offers a representative selection. It Includes classics like "Bumble Bee", "When the Levee Breaks, "Me And My Chauffeur Blues", Nothing in Rambling" and many more. Apart from the recordings with Kansas Joe McCoy, it also features performances with Casey Bill Weldon, Little Son Joe and others. Among the blues artists of her era, she was particularly influential, not least as her career spanned a crucial quarter century in the genre. This collection offers a substantial and nicely representative showcase for her distinctive style of blues.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. When The Levee Breaks
2. Goin' Back To Texas
3. Frisco Town
4. I Want That
5. Bumble Bee
6. I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits
7. Can I Do It For You
8. I Don't Want No Woman I Have To Give My Money To
9. What's The Matter With The Mill?
10. I'm Talkin' 'Bout You No.2
11. She Wouldn't Give Me None
12. Frankie Jean
13. Memphis Minnie - Jitis Blues
14. Grandpa And Grandma Blues
15. Garage Fire Blues
16. Georgia Skin Blues
17. She Put Me Outdoors
18. New Dirty Dozen
19. Plymouth Rock Blues
20. You Dirty Mistreater
21. Tricks Ain't Walking No More
22. After While Blues
23. Soo Cow Soo
24. Pickin' The Blues

Disc: 2

1. Lay My Money Down
2. Today Today Blues
3. I Don't Want That Junk Outa You
4. Crazy Cryin' Blues
5. Where Is My Good Man
6. Outdoor Blues
7. Fishin' Blues
8. Jailhouse Trouble Blues
9. Drunken Barrell House Blues
10. My Butcher Man
11. Too Late
12. Chickasaw Train Blues
13. Keep It To Yourself
14. Moaning The Blues
15. Dirty Mother For You
16. Let Me Ride
17. Sylvester And His Mule Blues
18. Down In New Orleans
19. Jockey Man Blues
20. Keep On Going
21. When The Sun Goes Down
22. Selling My Pork Chops
23. Hustlin' Woman Blues
24. You Wrecked My Happy Home

Disc: 3

1. Joe Louis Strut
2. You Ain't Done Nothing To Me
3. Ain't Nobody Home But Me
4. Hoodoo Lady
5. Caught Me Wrong Again
6. If You See My Rooster
7. Out In The Cold
8. I Don't Want You No More
9. It's Hard To Be Mistreated
10. I'm A Bad Luck Woman
11. Black Cat Blues
12. Down In The Alley
13. Hot Stuff
14. No Need You Doggin' Me
15. Wants Cake When I'm Hungry
16. My Baby Don't Want Me No More
17. Walking And Crying Blues
18. Has Anyone Seen My Man
19. Good Biscuits
20. I Hate To See The Sun Go Down
21. Long As I Can See You Smile
22. Black Widow Stinger
23. Low Down Man Blues
24. Keep Your Big Mouth Closed
25. Call The Fire Wagon

Disc: 4

1. Worried Baby Blues
2. Poor And Wonderin' Woman Blues
3. Nothing In Ramblin'
4. It's Hard To Please My Man
5. Fingerprint Blues
6. Ma Rainey
7. Me And My Chauffeur
8. Can't Afford To Lose My Man
9. In My Girlish Days
10. Pigmeat On The Line
11. It Was You Baby
12. Looking The World Over
13. When You Love Me
14. I'm So Glad
15. Lean Meat Won't Fry
16. Hold Me Blues
17. Three Times Seven Blues
18. True Love
19. Daybreak Blues
20. Western Union Blues
21. Jump Little Rabbitt
22. Why Did I Make You Cry
23. Kidman Blues
24. Broken Heart
25. Kissing In The Dark
26. World Of Trouble