Jessie Mae Hemphill

Jessie Mae Hemphill

Celebrating Jessie Mae Hemphill (October 18, 1923 – July 22, 2006) an American electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the North Mississippi hill country blues traditions of her family and regional heritage.

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I'm an expatriate Memphis musician and an instructor at a private music college in Minnesota. I find a greater clarity in my appreciation for music from Memphis and the Mississippi Delta region, now that I've lived away from it for decades, than when I was growing up in the midst of it.

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