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Lightnin' Slim - Hello Mary Lee

'Rockin' swamp blues par excellence from 1961. Audio taken from original vinyl 45.'

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LIGHTNIN SLIM - I'M GROWN

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Lightnin Slim came from a family of sharecroppers, living on a farm just outside the city of St. Louis until 1926 when they moved to Louisiana. His brother Layfield taught him the guitar. By the time Slim was in his mid twenties, he was a regular playing at local parties, picnics and fish fries. His style was very bare, often accompanied only by a harp and someone keeping beat with a cardboard box. His voice was expressive with an edge, and his simple guitar style was a perfect accompaniment to his rather dark lyrics.

After a few years he moved to Baton Rouge as Lightnin Slim and began playing local bars and clubs. He worked with other local bluesmen like Arthur Kelly and also played for a while with Big Poppa's Band. He soon began working with harp player Schoolboy Cleve, appearing together in the juke joints and on local radio. He also teamed up with his brother-in-law, Slim Harpo, and they formed a partnership that endured for many years.

Born Otis Verries Hicks on March 13, 1913 in Good Pine, Louisiana and died on July 27, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 61.