by Bman | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
As I stepped into Jessie Mae Hemphill’s trailer, my eyes fell upon Sweet Pea (her dog) and a revolver. By the end of that first meeting, I couldn’t help thinking that this was the allure of Jessie Mae. She is sweetness incarnate, but you really wouldn’t want to mess...
by Bman | Oct 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
This superb documentary vividly illustrates the enduring vitality of country blues, an idiom that most mainstream music fans had presumed dead or, at best, preserved through more scholarly tributes when filmmaker Robert Mugge and veteran blues and rock writer Robert...
by Bman | May 21, 2011 | Uncategorized
I first saw Jessie Mae on Deep Blues, a film documentary by Robert Palmer... Hughly Recommended!Jessie Mae Hemphill (October 18, 1923 – July 22, 2006) was a pioneering and award-winning electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the primal, northern...
