Top Frank Stokes Albums
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Creator of the Memphis Blues
[2005]
[2005]
The Victor Recordings (1928 - 1929)
[2000]
[2000]
Frank Stokes: Creator of the Memphis Blues
[1990]
[1990]
Presenting Frank Stokes
[1928]
[1928]
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Mr. Crump Don't Like It South Memphis Blues Right Now Blues I Got Mine Nehi Mama Blues Its A Good Thing You Shall How Long Beale Town Bound It Won't Be Long Now Bedtime Blues Half Cup Of Tea Hunting Blues Mistreatin' Blues What's The Matter Blues Blues In D Last Go Round Downtown Blues Take Me Back Memphis Rounders Blues Stomp That Thing Bunker Hill Blues Ain't Going To Do Like I Used To Do Shiney Town Blues Frank Stoke's Dream Sweet To Mama
Related Information for Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes (January 1, 1888 – September 12, 1955) was a blues musician who is considered by many musicologists to be the father of the Memphis blues guitar style.He was born in Shelby County, Tennessee, in South Memphis' largest vicinity Whitehaven, located two miles north of the Mississippi line. He was raised by his stepfather in Tutwiler, Mississippi, after the death of his parents. Stokes learned to play guitar as a youth in Tutwiler, and, after 1895, in Hernando, Mississippi, which was home to such African American guitarists as Jim Jackson, Dan Sane, Elijah Avery (of Cannon's Jug Stompers), and Robert Wilkins. By the turn of the century, at the age of 12, Stokes worked as a blacksmith, traveling the 25 miles to Memp... read more
