Bettye LaVette is an American soul singer who made her first record at sixteen, but achieved only intermittent fame until 2005, when her album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was released to widespread critical acclaim, and was named on many critics' "Best of 2005" lists. Her next album, The Scene of the Crime, debuted at number one on Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart and was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album at the 2008 Grammy Awards. She received the Legacy of Americana Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2023 Americana Music Honors & Awards.
LaVette at Cosmopolite Scene in Oslo in 2016
LaVette performing in Leuven, Belgium, in 2006
LaVette, live at Massey Hall in Toronto
The Blues Hall of Fame is a music museum operated by the Blues Foundation at 421 S. Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee. Initially, the "Blues Hall of Fame" was not a physical building, but a listing of people who have significantly contributed to blues music. Started in 1980, it honors people who have performed, recorded, or documented blues. The museum opened to the public on May 8, 2015.
Blues Hall of Fame Museum
1982 tour jacket of Muddy Waters, member of the inaugural class of inductees
Autographed guitar of 1985 inductee Buddy Guy.
Elaborate, Mardi Gras themed walking stick of 2007 inductee Dr. John.