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The lost legacy of Ma Rainey, the mother of the Blues
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The lost legacy of Ma Rainey, the mother of the Blues
Most people know at least two things about Ma Rainey. First, that she recorded a gloriously suggestive song called “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” which gave its name to a play by August Wilson, in which the singer was played by Whoopi Goldberg on Broadway and Viola Davis in a more recent Netflix drama. Secondly, that Bob Dylan namechecked her alongside Paul Revere’s horse, Belle Star, Jack the Ripper, Galileo, Cecil B DeMille and Beethoven in the ly…
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