Tuesday, April 27, 1999

Memphis Minnie

Memphis Minnie
Algiers, Louisiana, United States
Blues

Lizzie Douglas (June 3, 1897 – August 6, 1973), known as Memphis Minnie, was a blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose recording career lasted from the 1920s to the 1950s. She recorded around 200 songs, some of the best known being "Bumble Bee", "Nothing in Rambling", and "Me and My Chauffeur Blues".


Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1991) 1935
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1991) 1935-1936
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1991) 1937
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1991) 1938-1939
Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 5 (1991) 1940-1941
Complete Postwar Recordings, Vol. 1 (1991) 1944-1946
Complete Postwar Recordings, Vol. 2 (1991) 1946-1947
Complete Postwar Recordings, Vol. 3 (1991) 1949-1953
Jazz & Blues Collection (1995) 1940-1941
Queen of the Blues (1997)
Good Biscuits (1998)
Crazy Crying Blues (1999) 1930-1940