Time for the ladies

I have been listening to (mostly) prewar country blues for the past several days, trying to compile a "HOT WEATHER BLUES" playlist for the upcoming Father's Day Weekend.
That means dusting off some old blues CDs and rediscovering some favorite songs, such as "Midnight Hour Blues" by Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell and "Hard Rocks in My Bed" by Bumble Bee Slim (BEST. BLUES. NAME. EVER... according to Kerstin and Annika).
It also means subjecting the kids to a combination of acoustic guitar and injured wail that they aren't exactly accustomed to hearing.
Last night, en route back home from her youth soccer match, Annika asked why there weren't any girl singers on the CD on the car stereo.
Hey! I have a three-disc compilation of (mostly) prewar female blues singers!
We got home and dug through the CD collection.
I have to run Kerstin to a doctor's appointment before I head to work this morning. We'll listen to some Memphis Minnie, Esther Bigeou, Bessie Tucker and Clara Smith.
It's time for the ladies of blues to shine.