My friend and Blue Icon passes away

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My good friend and esrly Northern Mississippi pioneer JESSIE MAE HEMPHILL passed away the 1week of Wau/06 with nary a word about hermoving on. She was a gun packin momma until the end but like a Grandmother to me, always as kind and gentle to this here white boy. Both Jessie and her Grand-daddy were recorded by Alan Lomax for the library of congress back in the day. She was an encyclopdia of stories of behind the scenes of the blues world. Living not far away from Muddy Waters as a young girl she would sneak against her Moms wishes to Muddies cook outs as he was coming up in the music world. She played with Elmore James (Dust my Broom lick) was good friends with Johnny Shines who once was a traveling companion to the legendary Robert Johnson, she played most of her tunes in open C mostly using Gibsons and 65 delux reverb in later years. At the hieght of her fame in the early 90's she was struct down with a stroke not long after buying a big ole red Cadilac convertable which till the end, sat in front of her trailer that she eventually lived in on scarcely enough money to survive if not for generous people that knew of her situation and would send what they could in money gifts, there also were many who profited on her name (which she never saw a dime from) and probably still are. What ever is your musical high, purchase "DEEP BLUES" this CD will give You a look at the real deal Juke Joints where people like the Stones or Zep would visit to see the likes of Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, Jessie Mae and many others. R.L. was filmed on his porch with his yard littered with junk cars just like any respectable bluesman or woman would live.. Jessie Mae lived not far from Mississippi Fred Mcdowell who's "You gotta Move" was covered by the stones and would pump gas at his old job even after becoming famous with new found money and status. You guys and girls wouldn't be here if music wasn't your 'passion" do yourself a favor and check out the early blues, becomes quickly apparent that 9/10th 0f early Led Zepp's very early tracks were covers of old blues from "You Know You Shook Me" - "Dazed and Confused" but the deeper you go back you find that most blues were covers, twisted slightly from earlier blues, but is better to dip into the well where Rock came from then to limit yourself to the present, its all good but knowledge is power and in music power is innovation..

paul

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countryblues wrote: My good friend and esrly Northern Mississippi pioneer JESSIE MAE HEMPHILL passed away the 1week of Wau/06 with nary a word about hermoving on. She was a gun packin momma until the end but like a Grandmother to me, always as kind and gentle to this here white boy. Both Jessie and her Grand-daddy were recorded by Alan Lomax for the library of congress back in the day. She was an encyclopdia of stories of behind the scenes of the blues world. Living not far away from Muddy Waters as a young girl she would sneak against her Moms wishes to Muddies cook outs as he was coming up in the music world. She played with Elmore James (Dust my Broom lick) was good friends with Johnny Shines who once was a traveling companion to the legendary Robert Johnson, she played most of her tunes in open C mostly using Gibsons and 65 delux reverb in later years. At the hieght of her fame in the early 90's she was struct down with a stroke not long after buying a big ole red Cadilac convertable which till the end, sat in front of her trailer that she eventually lived in on scarcely enough money to survive if not for generous people that knew of her situation and would send what they could in money gifts, there also were many who profited on her name (which she never saw a dime from) and probably still are. What ever is your musical high, purchase "DEEP BLUES" this CD will give You a look at the real deal Juke Joints where people like the Stones or Zep would visit to see the likes of Junior Kimbrough, R.L. Burnside, Jessie Mae and many others. R.L. was filmed on his porch with his yard littered with junk cars just like any respectable bluesman or woman would live.. Jessie Mae lived not far from Mississippi Fred Mcdowell who's "You gotta Move" was covered by the stones and would pump gas at his old job even after becoming famous with new found money and status. You guys and girls wouldn't be here if music wasn't your 'passion" do yourself a favor and check out the early blues, becomes quickly apparent that 9/10th 0f early Led Zepp's very early tracks were covers of old blues from "You Know You Shook Me" - "Dazed and Confused" but the deeper you go back you find that most blues were covers, twisted slightly from earlier blues, but is better to dip into the well where Rock came from then to limit yourself to the present, its all good but knowledge is power and in music power is innovation..

paul

I am not very familiar with the blues, but every rock fan should know the roots of what they listen to. Thank you.

Patrick
a.k.a. The Fringe Element
"A life lived without passion is a life not lived.