Lightnin' Slim
Top Songs
1 | Bad Luck Blues | ||
2 | Hoo-Doo Blues | ||
3 | Lightnin's Blues | ||
4 | Things I Used to Do | ||
5 | That's All Right |
Albums
Oct 2015 16 songs
Apr 2015 10 songs
May 2011 11 songs
Popular On
- Hartford’s Variety Station
About
Biography
The acknowledged kingpin of the Louisiana school of blues, Lightnin' Slim built his style on his grainy but expressive vocals and rudimentary guitar work, with usually nothing more than a harmonica and a drummer in support. It was down-home country blues edged two steps further into the mainstream, first by virtue of his electric guitar, and second by the sound of the local Crowley, LA musicians who backed him being bathed in simmering, pulsating tape echo. As the first great st... Read more
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