Rosa Lee Hill
Rosa Lee Hill (September 25, 1910 – October 22, 1968)[1] was an American blues musician.[2] She was born Rosa Lee Hemphill in Como, Mississippi, United States.[2]
Music career
Hill played music that was in the tradition of north Mississippi, singing acoustic blues that made use of a broody feeling and subtly varied repetition.[1] Her song "Bullyin' Well", which was recorded by Alan Lomax, has been included on a number of releases over the years.[3]
The daughter of Hill country blues musician Sid Hemphill, Rosa Lee learned guitar from her father and by the time she was ten, was playing dances with him.[4] Several of her songs were recorded by Alan Lomax in 1959, including "Rolled and Tumbled." Hill and her husband were sharecroppers and lived in perpetual poverty; when their property burned down, they relocated to a tumbledown shack to live their remaining years.[1]
Her
Death
Hill died on October 1968, aged 58, in Senatobia, Mississippi.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ a b c "Rosa Lee Hill". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 March 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Liner notes, Lomax Collection" (PDF). Culturalequity.org. Retrieved 15 September 2021.