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Hawkins, Martin.
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Harpo, Slim, 1924-1970.
Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Hawkins, Martin.
Harpo, Slim, 1924-1970.
Blues musicians -- United States -- Biography.
MARC Display
Slim
Harpo
:
blues
king
bee
of
Baton
Rouge
/ Martin Hawkins.
by
Hawkins, Martin.
Louisiana State University Press, 2016.
Call #:
781.643092 H295h
Subjects
Harpo
,
Slim
, 1924-1970.
Blues
musicians -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780807164532 (hc.)
Description:
xxv, 388 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 335-357) and indexes.
Contents:
Something inside me. Early life and times ; The death of Clyde Moore ; Going to New Orleans ; Postwar
blues
; The red stick
blues
; Ms. Lovell ; Lightning strikes -- Swamp Records and radio sales. Jay Miller : the Swamp Records man ; Ernie Young : Excello Records and Nashville radio selling ; Miller style -- I'm a
king
bee
. Recordings, 1956 and 1957 ; The
Baton
Rouge
club scene ; Recordings, November 1957 ; Catholic
blues
;
Baton
Rouge
bluesmen ; Recordings, May 1959 ; The
King
Bees ; Recordings, November-December 1959 ; The social whirl ; Recordings, Summer 1960 ; The beach
blues
; The rise of swamp-pop -- Rainin' in my heart. A trip to Chicago ; Recordings, November 1960 ; Success at last ; Recordings for Imperial, June 1961 ; A night in Mobile ; All-American bandstands -- Buzzin', scratchin', hip shakin', bread makin'. The contract
blues
; More
Baton
Rouge
bluesmen ; Louisiana folk
blues
; Recordings, September 1963 ; That's life ; More swamp-pop ; Recordings, January 1964 ; Recordings, June 1964 ; My generation ; Recordings, January 1965 ; Desegregation
blues
; Recordings, October 1965 ; The scratch effect ; Recordings, February 1966 ; Recordings, September 1966 ; The end of an era -- The music's hot. Tip on in ; Recordings, April 1967 ; Recordings, Summer 1968 ; Scene in the rock society ; Recordings, early 1969 ; "The Harp" ; Recordings, March 1969 ; Recordings, April 1969 ; Recordings, December 1969 and January 1970 -- Goodbye,
Slim
Harpo
. An untimely death ; I just can't leave you ;
Blues
hangover ; They knew the
blues
;
Harpo
's musicians ; The last of the old-time record men ; All about the music -- The heritage
blues
. Festival time ;
Baton
Rouge
blues
jams ; Twenty-first-century
blues
; The
Slim
Harpo
awards ; The historic marker at Mulatto Bend ; My little queen
bee
; The
Baton
Rouge
blues
? ; When all's said and done ; When the
blues
comes in.
Summary:
"The complete life and times of
blues
singer
Slim
Harpo
(1924-1970), chronicling his development from local bluesman to R&B star, from the black clubs of
Baton
Rouge
to the white college circuit and national recognition in the 'rock society' of the late 1960s. The lives and careers of other
Baton
Rouge
blues
players are examined as context and contrast to
Harpo
, as is his legacy in relation to the
blues
music scene in Louisiana"--Provided by publisher.
James Isaac Moore, better known by his stage name
Slim
Harpo
, was an American
blues
musician, a leading exponent of the swamp
blues
style, and one of the most commercially successful
blues
artists of his day.] His most successful and influential recordings included "I'm a
King
Bee
" (1957), "Rainin' In My Heart" (1961), and "Baby Scratch My Back" (1966) which reached no. 1 on the R&B chart. A master of the
blues
harmonica, his stage name was derived from the popular nickname for that instrument, the "harp"--From wikipedia.org website.
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