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Memphis Jug Band

Among the definitive jug rings from the ’20s and early ’30s, this seminal group was made up of Can Shade, Can Weldon, Hattie Hart, Charlie Polk, Walter Horton, among others, in a variety of configurations. Guitarist/harpist Will Color shaped the Memphis Jug Music group within the Beale Road portion of …

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Memphis Minnie

Tracking down the best woman blues guitar hero can be problematic because woman blues singers seldom documented as guitarists and woman guitarists (such as for example Rosetta Tharpe and Sister O.M. Terrell) had been seldom documented playing blues. Excluding modern performers, the most known exception to the design was Memphis …

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