From OP: Here’s a fab copy of Lightnin’ Slims first release on Excello. He is backed by Schoolboy Cleve on harmonica and Sammy Drake on drums. I am happy to have this release on both 45 and 78.
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Real Name: Otis Hicks Profile: American Louisiana blues musician. The blues critic ED Denson ranked him as one of the five great bluesmen of the 1950s, along with Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson.
b. March 13, 1913 (St. Louis, MO, USA) d. July 27, 1974 (Detroit, MI, USA)
From OP:
ReplyDeleteHere’s a fab copy of Lightnin’ Slims first release on Excello. He is backed by Schoolboy Cleve on harmonica and Sammy Drake on drums. I am happy to have this release on both 45 and 78.
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Real Name:
Otis Hicks
Profile:
American Louisiana blues musician. The blues critic ED Denson ranked him as one of the five great bluesmen of the 1950s, along with Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson.
b. March 13, 1913 (St. Louis, MO, USA)
d. July 27, 1974 (Detroit, MI, USA)
Read More:
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lightnin-slim-mn0000220710/biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightnin'_Slim