LEGACY
Legacy of Memphis Minnie
Artists and genres Memphis Minnie directly influenced — one hop forward on the family tree of music.
J.B. LenoirartistJ. B. Lenoir was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s. In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music he is described as both an "extrovert R&B man in the leopard-skin jacket who chanted infectious trifles" and a "thoughtful and intelligent writer of starkly honest blues songs."
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Mazzy StarartistHope Sandoval's hushed voice over desert-dream psych.
Otis SpannartistOtis Spann was an American blues musician many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.