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You'd expect folk blues to be the province of scholars these days, but singer-guitarist Jessie Mae Hemphill proved otherwise in a powerful 45-minute set Saturday at the Blues Unlimited club in the Crenshaw district. The Mississippian comes from a family of musicians and her finger-picked electric guitar, unusual time changes and wailing vocals placed Hemphill firmly in her home state's blues tradition. The closest reference point for pop fans would be early Muddy Waters songs like "Rolling Stone" and "Two Trains."