Jessie Mae Hemphill, by Jessie Mae Hemphill

Jessie Mae Hemphill

by Jessie Mae Hemphill

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Paloma Great country blues from the greatest of Hill Country blueswomen. Sweet voice, intense rhythms. Absolutely essential. Favorite track: She-Wolf.

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1.	She-Wolf 04:41	buy track
2.	Standing In My Doorway Crying 04:40	buy track
3.	Jessie's Boogie 03:57	buy track
4.	Take Me Home With You, Baby 02:47	buy track
5.	Bullyin' Well 02:21	buy track
6.	Crawdad Hole 02:07	buy track
7.	Shake It, Baby 03:06	buy track
8.	Go Back To Your Used To Be 03:40	buy track
9.	Brokenhearted Blues 02:57	buy track
10.	Lord, Help The Poor and Needy 02:46	buy track
11.	Tell Me You Love Me 02:46	buy track
12.	Shame On You 03:37	buy track

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Jessie Mae Hemphill (October 18, 1923 – July 22, 2006) was born in a well-known musical family from the Delta. Her great-grandfather (Dock Hemphill) was a renowned fiddle player in Choctaw County, Mississippi. Her grandfather (Sid Hemphill) was also a fiddle player and bandleader who recorded for Alan Lomax and George Mitchell. Members of the older generation of Hemphills, in a way anticipating Jessie Mae's own musical career, were multi- instrumentalists.

Jessie Mae played guitar and drums, wrote and sang her own songs in the northern Mississippi hill country blues traditions. She was considered the Queen of the Guitar Boogie. As one of the earliest successful female blues musicians, Hemphill has been an influential and pioneering artist.

Limited LP includes booklet containing bio, interview with Jessie Mae and rare photos.

Released with our dear friends Bongo Joe

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released October 17, 2016

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