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I Hear the Blues (Uncertain Times)

noreply@blogger.com (John M.) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:16:00 GMT

From the Granada (UK) television program, I Hear the Blues . The show aired December 12, 1963 and featured the likes of Memphis Slim , Muddy Waters , Sonny Boy Williamson , Willie Dixon , Lonnie Johnson , Big Joe Williams , and Matt "Guitar" Murph y . This was quite the assemblage of blues masters on an unprecedented ensemble tour of Europe that included stops in London, Denmark and...

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TRUTH is forty years old to day (Just Another Willy Loman) (Progressive Bloggers)

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:00:00 GMT

... ago I wanted to give skdadl an opportunity to practice her air piano so here are a few tunes from Memphis Slim. This is Everyday I Have The Blues.... 6 hours ago Fag-Hating Protesters Evade Border Security Nice to know that after the investment of untold millions of dollars over several years into various programs a... 55 minutes ago Gloria Kovach, Conservative (installed) candidate...

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Flavour of the earth (Hindu)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:35:54 GMT

... backing her.Moving on In 1966 she moved to San Francisco and formed Mother Earth (named after a Memphis Slim blues song) in July of that year. Its critically acclaimed debut effort, Living with the Animals, included assistance from Elvin Bishop and Mark Naftalin both members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. It moved bag and baggage to a farm adjacent to Nashville, where its music...

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Memphis Slim - Dedication to Pete Johnson (The Hype Machine)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:13:55 GMT

in post Dedication To Pete Johnson from The Smudge of Ashen Fluff .

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Dedication To Pete Johnson (The Smudge of Ashen Fluff)

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:03:00 GMT

...a mighty fine one, by Memphis Slim. Memphis Slim - Dedication to Pete Johnson (mp3) ...and here's another touching dedication. Lead Belly - Big Fat Woman (mp3) Both from Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways .

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VA: Classic Blues from Smithsonian Folkways (2003) (BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues))

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:05:00 GMT

A living and dynamic tradition, blues is forged in hard times but powerful enough to bring on the good times. Legends such as Lead Belly, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, Elizabeth Cotten, Sonny Terry, and Brownie McGhee, among others formed the "blues backbone" of Folkways Records. This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways collection spans half a century and features Delta, St. Louis,...

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Salute (Do the Math)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:24:15 GMT

... more info: The Writing Of The Song Inspired Mainly By: Cripple Clarence Lofton, Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim. Lofton, Sykes, and Slim are not on anybody’s list unless they really know and love this style. The distorted sound quality of the video is somehow of a piece with the documentation of those three older masters on scratchy 78s. The first four bars “wait” before the...

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MEMPHIS SLIM & BUDDY GUY : South Side Reunion (2007) Sunny Side (BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues))

noreply@blogger.com (JT) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:04:00 GMT

Personnel: Memphis Slim (vocals, piano); Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Phillip Guy (guitar); Junior Wells (harmonica); Jimmy Conley (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); A.C. Reed (tenor saxophone); Ernest Johnson (bass guitar); Roosevelt Shaw (drum). Pianist/singer Peter "Memphis Slim" Chatman (1915-1988) enjoyed one of the longest and most successful careers in blues history....

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Honeydripper (Belfast Telegraph)

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:31:28 GMT

Music has always been an important element of most of Sayles' projects, but blistering blues and gritty gospel performances, from the likes of Dr Mable John, Memphis Slim, Keb Mo and others, are at the core of this one.

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MEMPHIS SLIM: (1992) Rockin' The Blues - Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 21 (192 cbr) (BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues))

noreply@blogger.com (Nagiants40) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:14:00 GMT

This cd put out by the UK Charly laber has 16 of Memphis Slim's house rockin'-est sides. Memphis Slim & His House Rockers really rock'n'roll the blues, on every cut, includes a racious verison of Rockin The House(We gonna rock, we gonna roll). This is the stuff that influenced the king of Rockabilly Elvis Presley! Worth acquiring, and you see a used copy on Amazon, snatch...

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Blue heaven: music mogul Marshall Chess (The Independent)

Mon, 26 May 2008 23:00:01 GMT

... label are a pantheon of blues gods: Howlin' Wolf, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Bo Diddley, Memphis Slim, Memphis Minnie, John Lee Hooker, Rufus Thomas, James Elmore, Willie Dixon, Etta James and Buddy Guy and others. And then there was Chuck Berry. "I was his road manager in 1963 when he came out of prison [Berry did four years after bringing a 14-year-old Apache waitress...

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Memphis Slim (SLAM Online)

Tue, 13 May 2008 19:32:19 GMT

... from my hometown of Baltimore. And also Damon Stoudamire; he’s been good since my first day in Memphis. He’d always be in my ear, and not always good stuff! But he’s honest. Did you come from a big sports family ? I’m from a big family, and we all played. My brothers, my sisters—well, they tried to play—we all played basketball and baseball. Were you and your friends big sneakerheads ? Oh...

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Eric Burdon and War: hostilities resumed 38 years on (The Telegraph)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:17:18 GMT

... the blind jazzman Rahsaan Roland Kirk, extemporised at length about slavery; and, on a reading of Memphis Slim's Mother Earth, about climate change.As on those two collaborative albums, however, full-bloodedness soon erred into self-indulgence, with a sequence of flabby solos that took the concert into its third hour.Then, Burdon settled on a barstool, and belted out a couple of Animals...

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Songs For Earth Day (Toronto Mike's Blog)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:17:31 GMT

In honour of sweet Mother Earth on Earth Day, here are songs in my collection with "earth" in the title. Not to Touch the Earth - The Doors Peace on Earth - U2 Face of the Earth - Joel Plaskett Emergency Earth Angel - The Starlighters Mother Earth - Memphis Slim Planet Earth - Duran Duran Earthcrosser - Veruca Salt Fire & Earth - Xclan Here on Earth - Crash Test Dummies Revolution Earth...

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Memphis Slim - Mother Earth (The Hype Machine)

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:03:35 GMT

in post Earth Day Blues Birthday from Lil Mike's Last Known Thoughts & Random Revelations .

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Your Friday Random Ten Worked 'til 1am... (Roll 'Bama Roll)

Todd <info@rollbamaroll.com> — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:29:10 GMT

...is so very tired. Also a little fussy. You know how to play. 1. Chad King - Naomi 2. Pavement - Hands Off the Bayou 3. Memphis Slim - Me, Myself and I 4. Weezer - Jamie 5. Hank Williams - Low Down Blues 6. Elton John - Come Down in Time 7. Hot Rize - Standing in the Need of Prayer 8. Wilco - My Darling 9. Muddy Waters - Just to Be With You 10. The White Stripes - The Denial Twist

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Inside Dylan's Brain (VF Daily)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:30:13 GMT

Three times: Bo Diddley, Bobbie Womack, Charlie Parker, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Elvis Presley, Ernest Tubb, Etta James, Hank Ballard, Hank Penny, Hank Snow, Harry Nilsson, Huey “Piano” Smith, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Rodgers, Johnny Tyler, Joni Mitchell, Lefty Frizzell, Lou Reed, Memphis Slim, Merle Haggard, Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, Otis Redding,...

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Lightning Strikes Twice (T. Scott)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:27:54 GMT

... about the luxury of having as much time as we wanted. The man that we would later christen Memphis Slim was drinking whiskey with us. He piped up, "Y'know, Sue and I've got that big house outside of Memphis. The kids are grown and gone. You'd be more than welcome to come by." And damned if we weren't able to make it happen the following March. We had a fantastic time and when...

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"Mp3 Digest: March 26, 2008" by Erik Bryan (The Morning News)

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:10:24 GMT

... teens Winwood was playing in pick-up bands for touring U.S. blues acts no lesser than B.B. King, Memphis Slim, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry, and Bo Diddley. With teeth sufficiently cut by the time he was 15, Winwood and his older brother Muff joined a band led by Wales-born Spencer Davis in 1963. * * * The Spencer Davis Group, Gimme Some Lovin’ (download)...

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Disc 4 --- JUMPIN' AT THE CLUB BLUE FLAME @ 192kbps (BLUES TOWN (The City Of Blues))

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:40:00 GMT

1. East St. Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey 2. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White 3. Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather 4. Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim 5. Memory of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe 6. Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown 7. Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown 8. Low Land Blues - Lee Brown 9. Round the World Blues - Lee Brown 10. Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon 11....

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