Led Zeppelin classic 'too racy' for games... Aug 24, 2008
" paskunia on August 24, 2008 at 01:27 AM Bravo to Jimmy and Robert for hanging in there and making this work to their advantage. These are rock GODS. I wonder what the rest of the story is for Led Zeppelin, because they have a ways to go and this proves it. ZEP at the olympics, my GOD! By the way Robert ... Saw you and Allison in Berkeley. INCREDIBLE show! GWilly on August 24, 2008 at 01:26 AM Bravo to Jimmy and Robert for hanging in there and making this work to their advantage. These are rock... (The Drudge Report)
Little Miss on the Prairie Jan 21, 2008
And the ricochet sounds heard are of spry country blues, first popular in the 1930s, played by Memphis Minnie and the like ... It's been said that Memphis Minnie, an inspiration to Higgins, once joined Ringling Bros. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Memphis Minnie honored with trail marker Sep 25, 2007
- Memphis Minnie, a renowned singer and songwriter and one of a few female stars who played guitar, is the latest performer to be honored posthumously with a Mississippi Blues Trail marker ... Douglas acquired the name Memphis Minnie when she became a recording artist in 1929, as part of a duo with her guitar-playing husband, Kansas Joe McCoy. (Yahoo News)
Blues Trail marker unveiled in West Point Sep 1, 2007
Eighteen markers have already been erected with two more to go up in September: Memphis Minnie in Walls and Catfish Alley in Columbus, which will be unveiled Sept. 28. e's been recognized in quite a few places for quite a few things, but somehow my family and myself hold the things that Mississippi does closest to our hearts, Marks said. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Trail of tears: 'Magic Sam,' 'Howlin' Wolf' markers added to mix Aug 27, 2007
"Two more markers will be added in September: Memphis Minnie, considered one of the greatest female blues artists, will have a marker placed near her grave in the Delta town of Walls; and Catfish Alley, an area of Columbus where many blues musicians played, will be recognized.Fifteen other Blues Trail markers have been placed around the state to honor legendary musicians or places important to the history of blues music.The Mississippi Blues Commission plans for more than 100 markers to be... (The Clarion-Ledger)
A Life Of The Blues Jul 23, 2007
"I learned just about everything I know about how to be a woman who wasn't abused or stepped upon or exploited by listening to the attitude that I heard coming through on those songs by Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Ma Rainey, Sippie Wallace and Memphis Minnie. There's a way of seeing yourself as more in control. ... Basically, it's survival music.". The blues came in handy, she says, in the mid-'50s. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Rabson sings the blues in Sykesville Apr 14, 2007
Praised as having the "best left hand in the blues," Rabson, who is inspired by classic blues divas like Bessie Smith and Memphis Minnie, continues to bring the historic blues, boogie-woogie and barrelhouse music styles front and center. Baldwin's Station is at 7618 Main St. Tickets are 18, and the concert room opens for seating and dining at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 410-795-1041. (Carroll County Times)
C.W. Stoneking Feb 1, 2007
His interest in the blues was sparked while he was attending Sydney's Balmain High School and stumbled across some tapes of two country-blues legends: Blind Willie McTell and the flamboyant Memphis Minnie, who wore silver dollars around her wrists while shredding up the blues. He says classmate Alex Lloyd was also into the blues and they sometimes jammed together. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
