Tag: memphis minnie

zzuy | Nicknames and stage names (7)

In this column: nicknames, stage names, Memphis Minnie, Little Son Joe, Memphis, Mickey Baker, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Texas Alexander, Little Hat Jones, Georgia Tom Dorsey, Kansas City Red, Carolina Slim, Tallahassee Tight, Spark Plug Smith, Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Johnson, Dick Spottswood, Tom Hoskins, Alan Lomax, Shirley Collins, Christian Garrison Stage names with …

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zzvs | Multiple word meanings in blues lyrics (1)

In this column:  Bumble Bee, Bumble Bee Blues, Bob Lee Junior, Bob Lee Junior Blues, Natchez, Mississippi, Salty Dog Blues, Black Pony Blues, foxtrot and pace, gait, Charlie, Drayman Blues, peaches and don't shake my tree, potatoes and don't dig so deep,  Memphis Minnie, Memphis Jug Band, Bo Carter, Arthur Crudup, T-Bone walker, Clifford Gibson

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zzze | Animals (1)

In this column: Symbolic meaning of animals in blues lyrics, pig in a sack, cow and milk, bee's, low down dog, salty dog, Salty Dog Blues, Salty Dog (Bluegrass), Roosevelt Sykes, Sara Martin, Ida Cox, Memphis Minnie, Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell, Mississippi John Hurt, T-Bone Walker, Denver Pyle and Andy Griffith, PART1 The images …

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