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    Posted: August 30 2005 at 12:21

Memphis Slim is one of the kings of blues. I particularly like his first works for the piano. Memphis is able to keep the founding elements of Afro-American music quite intact. He trackles dreams and everyday life, in particular the sex, violence, misery and pathos with rare dexterity, not forgetting the humor, strongly smacking of cynicism. A strong figure of popular music
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Points: 20248 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 31 2005 at 03:30

Memphis Slim is the first black person I ever saw , when my father invited him over after a concert (actually, he was a friend of the organizer) and M S slept over (it was the arrangement)!

I remember pinching him to see if his skin was for real (I was five at the time) and his deep laugh!!! Impressive to the point I remember him.

Turns out my father was not exactly pleased with his heavy narcotic habits. He spoke of a white powder.

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Points: 2771 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 01 2005 at 02:46
Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Memphis Slim is the first black person I ever saw , when my father invited him over after a concert (actually, he was a friend of the organizer) and M S slept over (it was the arrangement)!

I remember pinching him to see if his skin was for real (I was five at the time) and his deep laugh!!! Impressive to the point I remember him.

Turns out my father was not exactly pleased with his heavy narcotic habits. He spoke of a white powder.

That's such a cool story, Hugues ... I've only got a budget compilation called Beer Drinkin' Woman ... the guy has a habit of tellin' ramblin stories before starting the song, right ... actually he's not my favourite blues pianist ... prefer Otis Spann and Pinetop Perkins ... probably not among my Top 10 bluesmen ... but tres cool ...

I went through a period around about 12 years ago when I thought I was a hulking big Southern bluesman ... embarassing thing is I was around 20 years old!
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