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Rainbow Serpent Woman ([personal profile] perzephone) wrote2009-08-04 01:21 pm
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Sing It, Mama

This is part of why I love the Delta blues ;)

Barrelhouse Women

[identity profile] perzephone.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
Most of the raunchy blues that get the most attention anymore are men - but the women, Gods they were all so great. Memphis Minnie, Dinah Washington, even Billie Holiday had a couple. Most of this stuff was for after-hours at the clubs. A lot of the songs were full of double entendré & tongue-in-cheek references, but some of them were just dirty, hee hee.