First Came Memphis Minnie

Maria Muldaur digs deeps into the blues

"...of her new disc says it all: First Came Memphis Minnie...."

Nov. 2, 2012 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Sultry, Aggressive, and No-Bullshit Blues by Margaret Moser

"...of books. "Billie Holiday, Edith Piaf, Edie Sedgwick... Here's Memphis Minnie - [hers] is a little hard to read,..."

June 30, 1995 Music Feature

Telecaster Sovereign Sue Foley Lands Back in Austin

The Ice Queen is on fire

"...that's not to say anything about Rosetta Tharpe or Memphis Minnie. Actually, Memphis Minnie is my favorite guitar player...."

Feb. 23, 2018 Music Feature by Alejandra Ramirez

Twenty Flight Rock

The Art of Bob Dylan; The Life and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez-Fariña and Richard Fariña

"...the aging artist among the likes of Robert Browning, Memphis Minnie, John Bunyan, and Charlie Chaplin, Gray studies Dylan's..."

July 20, 2001 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Record reviews Reissues

"...Charlie Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Memphis Minnie. Most are not, however, and they include some..."

Aug. 23, 1996 Music Review

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack

"...Adapting native forerunner Memphis Minnie (1897-1973) on defiantly rough-hewn blues starter "You Can't..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938

Seventy songs culled from 25 years of early American roots

"...failures, sung by the people who knew the blues: Memphis "preblues" man Furry Lewis, we're told, had a wooden..."

Dec. 7, 2007 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

The Girls of Summer

Austin's inaugural all-girls rock camp looks out after its own

"...classically trained guitarist, the 30-year-old moved to Austin from Memphis, Tenn., a couple of years ago to pursue her..."

June 29, 2007 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder

Checking In: Guitar Heater Sue Foley Works on Her PhD

Ace stringer “spaced out for about three months” first

"...my teens. Nothing's changed in that perspective. It's still Memphis Minnie, Bessie Smith, early Chicago and Texas blues. I..."

Aug. 18, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

First Listen: Mrs. Glass “When the Levee Breaks”

ATX blues trio captured live at the Blackheart

"...Levee Breaks,” originally cut by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie, and then famously adapted by Led Zeppelin. The..."

Nov. 24, 2014 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Black Bone Child

"...while the fiery harp licking at "Baby Baby" crackles Memphis Minnie by way of Led Zeppelin and the arc..."

April 30, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Naked If I Want To

Magnum opus on one of rock & roll's Rosetta Stones: 1967's Moby Grape

"...this come about? Music by Robert Johnson, Dock Boggs, Memphis Minnie, Jimmie Rodgers, Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Bessie Smith,..."

Jan. 8, 2010 Music Feature by Louis Black

Bob Dylan

"...Muddy Waters' "Trouble No More" ("Someday Baby") and reiterates Memphis Minnie on "The Levee's Gonna Break," Together Through Life's..."

May 8, 2009 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Queen Bee

Buzzing with the queen of the bumblebees, Lucinda Williams

"...LW: And Memphis Minnie had that song "Bumble Bee" or something like..."

Feb. 20, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

City of Women

Ladies night at Antone's

"...she’s writing that covers the stories of everyone from Memphis Minnie to Rory Block and beyond. Saturday night’s show..."

March 26, 2008 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Bob Dylan

Record review

"...Johnsons Robert, Tommy, and Lonnie; W.C. Handy; Charley Patton; Memphis Minnie; Skip James; Bing Crosby; Willie Dixon; and recent..."

Sept. 1, 2006 Music Review by Shawn Badgley

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys

Record review

"...Wills and Duncan trade verses on raucous versions of Memphis Minnie's "What's the Matter With the Mill" and Phil..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

Sara Hamilton

Record review

"...My Soul" and an old-timey duet with Dayton on Memphis Minnie's "Ain't No Use Tryin' to Tell on Me,"..."

July 1, 2005 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Rubble, Green Milk From the Planet Orange, Gary Floyd's Buddha brothers

Live shot

"...riffs and he got low for guttural roots by Memphis Minnie, Roky Erickson, and old-school punk. Lifting songs from..."

June 17, 2005 Music Review by Martin de Leon II

Girlie Action

Girlie action

"...cheeky "Doggie Treats." The addition of disparate tunes like Memphis Minnie's "Me and My Chauffeur Blues" and George Harrison's..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Music Review by Margaret Moser

Revenant Records Discography

"...With contributions from the Carter Family, the Monroe Brothers, Memphis Minnie, Robert Johnson, and Lead Belly, among many others,..."

Oct. 26, 2001 Music Feature by Clay Smith

Page Two

Saying goodbye to a friend and a hero.

"...pursuit of America's musical pioneers. Dock Boggs, Charlie Patton, Memphis Minnie, Hank Williams, Jimmie Rogers, Bob Wills, Lightnin' Hopkins..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Little Books

"...these wonderful, color portraits of essential blues players like Memphis Minnie and Peetie Wheatstraw. Robertson, a Sixth Street musician,..."

Dec. 20, 1996 Books Feature

All Wrapped Up

Holiday Film Previews

"...A rich 17-year-old Jewish boy in suburban Memphis takes a romantic fling down the Mississippi River with..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Grey Rain at Graceland

"...towns and countless skeletal winter trees -- I enter Memphis. Take the freeway south. Exit at Elvis Presley Boulevard...."

Feb. 14, 1997 Column by Michael Ventura

Fall Movie Round-Up

Sneaking Into Autumn

"...documentary examines the shocking child murders that occurred in Memphis in 1993. (Oct. 18)......"

Sept. 6, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten