Memphis Minnie

Lizzie Douglas (3 Juni 1897 – 6 Agustus 1973), dikenal sebagai Memphis Minnie, adalah gitaris blues, vokalis, dan penulis lagu yang karier rekamannya bertahan selama lebih dari tiga dekade. Dia merekam sekitar 200 lagu, beberapa yang paling terkenal adalah "Bumble Bee", "Nothing in Rambling", dan "Me and My Chauffeur Blues".

Memphis Minnie telah digambarkan sebagai "penyanyi country blues wanita paling populer sepanjang masa".^[1] Big Bill Broonzy mengatakan bahwa dia bisa "mengambil gitar dan bernyanyi sebaik pria mana pun yang pernah saya dengar."^[2] Minnie hidup untuk melihat apresiasi baru atas karyanya yang direkam selama kebangkitan musik blues pada 1960-an. Dia berpengaruh pada penyanyi selanjutnya, seperti Big Mama Thornton, Jo Ann Kelly^[3] dan Erin Harpe.^[4] Dia dilantik ke dalam Hall of Fame Yayasan Blues pada tahun 1980.^[5]

"Me and My Chauffeur Blues" direkam oleh Jefferson Airplane di album debut mereka, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off, dengan Signe Anderson sebagai vokalis. "Can I Do It for You" direkam oleh Donovan pada tahun 1965, dengan judul "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)". Lagu Memphis Minnie dan Kansas Joe McCoy 1929, "When the Levee Breaks",^[6] diadaptasi (dengan lirik yang diubah dan melodi yang berbeda) oleh Led Zeppelin dan dirilis pada tahun 1971 di album keempat mereka. "I'm Sailin '" diliput oleh Mazzy Star di album debut mereka tahun 1990, She Hangs Brightly. Keluarganya saat ini menuntut perusahaan rekaman dan beberapa artis untuk royalti dan untuk menggunakan musiknya tanpa izin.

Pada 2007, Minnie mendapat kehormatan ketika namanya dtaruh di Mississippi Blues Trail di Walls, Mississippi.^[7]

Diskografi

Tahun	Album	Aliran	Label	Lagu
1982	The Best of Memphis Minnie Vol. 1 1929–1938	Blues	Earl	"'Frisco Town", "Bumble Bee", "Grandpa and Grandma Blues", "Garage Fire Blues", and more
1988	I Ain't No Bad Gal	Blues	Portrait	"You Need a Friend", "Can't Afford to Lose My Man", "Me and My Chauffeur Blues", "Looking the World Over", and more
1997	Me & My Chauffeur 1935–1946, with Little Son Joe	Blues	EPM Musique	"Hoodoo Lady", "Hot Stuff", "Me and My Chauffeur Blues", "My Baby Don't Want Me No More", and more
2000	Pickin' the Blues, with Kansas Joe McCoy	Blues	Culture Press	"Bumble Bee", "When the Levee Breaks", "Joe Louis Strut", "Crazy Cryin' Blues", "Picking the Blues", "Ma Rainey", and more
2008	Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe: Early Recordings (1929–1936)	Blues	Autogram	"Goin' Back to Texas", "I'm Talkin About You", "Bumble Bee", "I'm Going Back Home", and more
unknown	Gonna Take the Dirt Road Home: Memphis Minnie in the Forties	Blues	Origin Jazz Library	"Blue Monday Blues", "Moaning Blues", "Shout the Boogie", "Hold Me Blues", and more
unknown	City Blues	Blues	Aldabra Records	"Dirty Mother for You", "Keep on Goin'", "Jockey Man Blues", "He's in the Ring", and more
unknown	Travelling Blues	Blues	Aldabra Records	"Going Back to Texas", "Frisco Town", "Bumble Bee", "She Wouldn't Give Me None", and more

Kompilasi

Tahun	Judul	Aliran	Label
1964	Blues Classics by Memphis Minnie	blues	Blues Classics
c. 1967	Early Recordings with Kansas Joe McCoy, vol. 2	blues	Blues Classics
1968	Love Changin' Blues: 1949, Blind Willie McTell and Memphis Minnie	blues	Biograph Records
1973	1934–1941	blues	Flyright Records
1973	1941–1949	blues	Flyright Records
1977	Hot Stuff: 1936–1949	blues	Magpie Records
1982	World of Trouble	blues	Flyright Records
1983	Moaning the Blues	blues	MCA Records
1984	In My Girlish Days: 1930–1935	blues	Travelin' Man
1987	1930–1941	blues	Old Tramp
1988	I Ain't No Bad Girl	blues	CBS
1991	Hoodoo Lady (1933–1937)	blues	Columbia
1994	In My Girlish Days	blues	Blues Encore
1996	Let's Go to Town	blues	Orbis
1997	Queen of the Blues	blues	Columbia
1997	"The Queen of the Blues": 1929–1941	blues	Frémeaux & Associés
2000	Pickin' the Blues	blues	Catfish Records
2003	Me and My Chauffeur Blues	blues	Proper Records Ltd.
2007	Complete Recorded Works 1935–1941 in Chronological Order, vol. 1, 10 January to 31 October 1935	blues	Document Records
unknown	Night Time Blues, Ma Rainey and Memphis Minnie	blues	History

Referensi

^ LaVere, Steve, and Garon, Paul (1973). "Memphis Minnie". Living Blues, Autumn 1973, p. 5.
^ Farley, Christopher John. "Memphis Minnie and the Cutting Contest." In Guralnik, P., Santelli, R., George-Warren, H., Farley, C.J., eds. (2003). Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues, New York: Armistad. p. 198.
^ Harris, Sheldon (1989). Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues SIngers. pp. 161–162.
^ "Erin Harpe". The Noise, May 29, 2014.
^ "1980 Hall of Fame Inductees". The Blues Foundation. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2007-03-05. Diakses tanggal 2006-10-23.
^ Fast, Susan (2001). In the Houses of the Holy: Led Zeppelin and the Power of Rock Music. hlm. 165. ISBN 0-19-511756-5.
^ "Memphis Minnie honored with Miss. Blues Trail marker - Picayune Item". Picayune Item (dalam bahasa Inggris). September 25, 2007.

[1] LaVere, Steve, and Garon, Paul (1973). "Memphis Minnie". Living Blues, Autumn 1973, p. 5.

[Scorsese1982-2] Farley, Christopher John. "Memphis Minnie and the Cutting Contest." In Guralnik, P., Santelli, R., George-Warren, H., Farley, C.J., eds. (2003). Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues, New York: Armistad. p. 198.

[Harris2-3] Harris, Sheldon (1989). Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues SIngers. pp. 161–162.

[4] "Erin Harpe". The Noise, May 29, 2014.

[5] "1980 Hall of Fame Inductees". The Blues Foundation. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2007-03-05. Diakses tanggal 2006-10-23.

[6] Fast, Susan (2001). In the Houses of the Holy: Led Zeppelin and the Power of Rock Music. hlm. 165. ISBN 0-19-511756-5.

[7] "Memphis Minnie honored with Miss. Blues Trail marker - Picayune Item". Picayune Item (dalam bahasa Inggris). September 25, 2007.

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