Died On This Date (January 30, 2013) Ann Rabson/ Saffire -The Uppity Blues Women
themusicsover Ann Rabson
April 12, 1945 – January 30, 2013
Ann Rabson was an influential blues singer and musician who is often recognized for helping bring blues women to the forefront of the genre. Over a career that began in 1962, Rabson performed and recorded as a solo act and as part of an acoustic blues collective known as Sapphire, the Uppity Blues Women. Over the course of her career, she received several W.C. Handy Blues Award nominations among other accolades. Both solo and with Sapphire – The Uppity Blues Women, Rabson released over a dozen albums. Her most recent was 2012’s Struttin’ My Stuff. Ann Rabson died of cancer on January 30, 2013. She was 67.
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