Showing posts with label Slim Harpo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slim Harpo. Show all posts
Monday, March 30, 2020

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Shake Your Hips: The Excello Records Story By Randy Fox 2018: BMG: 184 pp. This is among two the first in these pocket-sized paperback...
Thursday, March 12, 2020

Blues Kings of Baton Rouge

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Various Artists Blues Kings of Baton Rouge Bear Family The celebrated reissue label, Bear Family, recently issued this double-CD survey of...
Sunday, December 25, 2016

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Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge Martin Hawkins Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press 2016: 416pp Its has been over 45 ye...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Slim Harpo Buzzin' the Blues

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James Moore, who recorded under the name Slim Harpo, died very young at a time he was about to crossover to reaching a pop audience. The m...
Saturday, August 03, 2013

Some Bluesin' By The Bayou

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Pictured on the cover is Lazy Lester The English Ace label has just issued one of a series of anthologies of recordings from legendary...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

Kenny Neal's Loving Tribute To Slim Harpo and His Father, Raful

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Kenny Neal is among the most impressive of contemporary blues artists. Son of Baton Rouge legend Raful, he has been a progressive torch bear...
Thursday, October 27, 2011

Lazy Lester Rides Again

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Leslie Johnson, better known as Lazy Lester, is the remaining member of the four giants of Louisiana Swamp Blues that recorded for Jay Mille...