http://bluesrevue.com/2013/01/maria-muldaur-and-friends-first-came-memphis-minnie-1-04-12/ Fri, 10 May 2013 18:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://bluesrevue.com/2013/01/maria-muldaur-and-friends-first-came-memphis-minnie-1-04-12/#comment-490268 Thomas Stecher Sun, 06 Jan 2013 08:02:22 +0000 http://bluesrevue.com/?p=20829#comment-490268 Although it was refuted by people who actually knew her personally, while some were still alive, the belief that Memphis Minnie was ever married to Casey Bill Weldon seems hard to eradicate. It was based on a comment by Big Bill Broonzy, many of which are not credible. Remember, Broonzy told John Hammond “Senior” that he was a sharecropper/amateur musician, apparently amused that Hammond was unaware of him, an established blues recording star, and obsessed with the little known Robert Johnson.

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