Comments on: Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:59:41 +0000

I'd never heard of Ma Rainey but was enthralled with what you showed. Great Mother's Day post (for last year). Happy Birthday to the mother of the blues.

By: danny

danny — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:05:48 +0000

Happy Mothers day to all..

By: marcel lemieux

marcel lemieux — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:47:52 +0000

Good article, choice of videos and intro...Ma Rainey..like other,s get the credit after their death..too bad....thanks to good blogs like this .they live on....keep up the nice work...thanks

By: Retrokimmer

Retrokimmer — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:55:04 +0000

OH EXCELLENT CHOICE FOR MOTHER'S DAY! I AM PLAYING IT RIGHT NOW...... NOW FOR SOME BIG MAMA THORNTON! LOVED THIS BB KIM

By: pjazzypar

pjazzypar — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:29:14 +0000

Great Post BB! I am familiar with Bessie Smith a little more than Ma Rainey, but I do know who Ma Rainey is and her influence on popular music. I appreciate you sharing the antedotal information, which I found fun and humorous. As for Bessie, she was in an automobile accident and might have survived had she not had to be transported to the "colored" hospital. She laid in an unmarked grave until Janis Joplin bought a stone for her grave. Again thanks for the great background information on a true "work of art".