![]() An exemplar of the hill country sound characteristic of the Senatobia Como region, she was mentored by her grandfather and later promoted by blues scholar fieldworkers George Mitchell and David Evans. The granddaughter of legendary songster and multi-instrumentalist Sid Hemphil and the niece of Rosa Lee Hemphill, she learned to play guitar, piano and drums at an early age. Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923-2006) was born in Como, Mississippi. “I’m Gonna Go Let the World Hear the Hemphills” Jessie Mae Hemphill and That Turner, circa 200 by Bibiana Huang Matheis ![]()
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