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MEMPHIS - CIRCA 1950: Blues singer and guitarist Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas) poses for a portrait circa 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Photo by Hooks Bros/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

MEMPHIS - CIRCA 1950:  Blues singer and guitarist Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas) poses for a portrait circa 1950 in Memphis, Tennessee.  (Photo by Hooks Bros/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)