Memphis Blues: Beale St. - Memphis Minnie and Bukka White
Episode 5
Episode date - July 21, 2023
For the last show in our series on Memphis and Beale Street at its prime, we focus on two distinctly different artists who spent only a portion of their careers in Memphis, but nevertheless represent the area.
Memphis Minnie and Bukka White are both legendary performers who lived and recorded in numerous locales but nevertheless are still strongly associated with the city that made both of them famous.
Featured tracks include:
Moanin’ the Blues – Memphis Minnie
Broken Heart – Memphis Minnie
When the Levee Breaks – Led Zeppelin
When the Levee Breaks – Memphis Minnie and Kansas City Joe
Where Is My Good Man At – Memphis Minnie
Banana Man Blues – Memphis Minnie
Me and My Chauffeur Blues – Memphis Minnie
I Want to Be Your Driver – Chuck Berry
Killer Diller Blues – Memphis Minnie
Kissing in the Dark – Memphis Minnie
Parchman Farm Blues – Bukka White
Shake ‘em on Down – Bukka White
Sic ‘em Dogs On – Bukka White
Fixin’ to Die Blues – Bukka White