Packet 1: Tossup 1

This musician is described as having “left little Minnie to carry the good works on” in a tribute by Memphis Minnie. In stage performances, this musician would appear by rising out of a cardboard replica (-5[1])of a Victrola. A song first recorded by this musician tells the Lord, “you / Made me love you, now your gal done come.” This musician’s Wild Cat Jazz Band was led by pianist “Georgia Tom” Dorsey. This singer and her husband Will were billed as the “Assassinators” of a certain genre. This singer’s 1925 arrest at an all-female orgy may have (10[1])inspired her song “Prove It on Me,” (10[1])which (10[1])may reference her homosexual relationship (-5[1])with Bessie Smith, who later covered (10[1])this singer’s song (10[1])“Bo-Weavil Blues.” (10[1])For 10 points, the standard “See See Rider” was first recorded by what “Mother of the Blues,” (10[2])who wrote a song titled for her “Black (10[3])Bottom”? (10[2])■END■ (10[9])

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