Margie Evans

Margie Evans (born July 17, 1940) is an American blues and gospel singer and songwriter.She started recording in the late 1960s and is still recording today.She secured two hit singles on the US Billboard R&B chart.She has variously worked with Johnny Otis, Bobby Bland, T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson, Joe Liggins, Lloyd Glenn, Willie Dixon, Al Bell, and Monk Higgins. Her main influences were Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Big Maybelle and Big Mama Thornton. In addition to her musicianship, Evans is noted as a motivational speaker and rights activist, as well as a promoter of the legacy of blues music.