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Jessie Mae Hemphill

Jessie Mae Hemphill has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 20 episodes and was first played on 7 September 2015.

Jessie Mae Hemphill (18th October 1934 – 22nd July 2006), was a pioneering electric guitarist, songwriter, and singer, specialising in the northern Mississippi country blues traditions of her family and regional heritage. She was born near Como and Senatobia, Mississippi, in northern Mississippi just east of the Mississippi Delta.

She began playing the guitar at the age of seven ,and also played drums in various local Mississippi fife and drum bands. The first field recordings of her work were made by blues…

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Jessie's Boogie
Jessie Mae Hemphill
High Water Recording Company1980
Jessie's Boogie
Jessie Mae HemphillHigh Water Recording Company1980
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Crawdad Hole
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Moi J'Connais Records2012
Crawdad Hole
Jessie Mae HemphillMoi J'Connais Records2012
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She-Wolf
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Vogue1981
She-Wolf
Jessie Mae HemphillVogue1981
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Shame On You
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Moi J'Connais Records2012
Shame On You
Jessie Mae HemphillMoi J'Connais Records2012
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I Want To Be Ready
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Mississippi Records2015
I Want To Be Ready
Jessie Mae HemphillMississippi Records2015
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Standing In My Doorway Crying
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Vogue1981
Standing In My Doorway Crying
Jessie Mae HemphillVogue1981
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Overseas Blues
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Vogue1981
Overseas Blues
Jessie Mae HemphillVogue1981
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Married Man Blues
Jessie Mae Hemphill
Vogue1981
Married Man Blues
Jessie Mae HemphillVogue1981
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Eagle Bird
Jessie Mae Hemphill
High Water Recording Company1990
Eagle Bird
Jessie Mae HemphillHigh Water Recording Company1990
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Feelin' Good
Jessie Mae Hemphill
High Water Recording Company1990
Feelin' Good
Jessie Mae HemphillHigh Water Recording Company1990
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