She cut her teeth on the Maryland blues circuit, developing a crowd-pleasing style which often found her leaping up from her piano bench to chat with the audience, clad in her trademark black fedora.
She cut her teeth on the Maryland blues circuit, including a stint playing with noted Washington, D.C. bluesman Root Boy Slim. She developed a crowd-pleasing style which often found her leaping up from her piano bench to chat with the audience, clad in her trademark black fedora.