{"product_id":"memphis-minnie-the-queen-of-country-blues-selected-recordings-1929-53","title":"Memphis Minnie - The Queen Of Country Blues: Selected Recordings 1929-53","description":"\u003cp\u003eLizzie 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.\u003cbr\u003eShe 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.\u003cbr\u003eShe was without doubt one of the true pioneers among female country blues artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003elabels covering the spectrum of her career – she recorded over 200 titles, so this set offers a representative selection.\u003cbr\u003eIt Includes classics like “Bumble Bee”, “When the Levee Breaks, “Me And My Chauffeur Blues”, Nothing in Rambling” and many more.\u003cbr\u003eApart from the recordings with Kansas Joe McCoy, it also features performances with Casey Bill Weldon, Little Son Joe and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the blues artists of her era, she was particularly influential, not least as her career spanned a crucial quarter century in the genre.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection offers a substantial and nicely representative showcase for her distinctive style of blues.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tower Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":53206836609351,"sku":"TRI-65403","price":22.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/0cbb0a86553f7b8d8c741e9d700e5675.jpg?v=1769375985","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/memphis-minnie-the-queen-of-country-blues-selected-recordings-1929-53","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}