Mike never really got started again, despite being part of the promising supergroup triumvirate with dr. However, involvement with drugs began to dog his career, and long term alcohol addicttion issues made things much worse. Rolling stone magazine ranked him number 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time. This band appears in 4 charts and has received 0 comments and 0 ratings from site members. Our booklet contains a discography by dave sax of all lightnin slims excello recordings. The roots of lightnin hopkins penitentiary blues bad luck and trouble come go home with me trouble stay way from my door see that my. Albums include lightnin hopkins, lightnin strikes, and lightnin and the blues.
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Albums include rooster blues, songs the cramps taught us. Download collection of music blues rock via torrent 300 albums. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Hoodoo blues lightnin slim hoodoo blues 1999, flac. The music of the cajun bayous by john broven 1983 excello singles discography. Louisiana blues artist lightnin slim used his sandpaperrough yet expressive voice and raw, kinetic electric guitar playing to become a regional hit maker and an exemplar of the excello records sound in the late 1950s and early 60s. Lightnin hopkins lightnin strikes 1962 o p i u m h u m.
Lightnin slim moved to baton rouge, louisiana at the age of thirteen. Rooster blues things i used to do bad luck blues my babe g. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from lightning slim at the discogs marketplace. Excello album discography number title artist release date contents lp8000 rooster blues lightnin slim 1960 the original cover was yellow with a drawing of a silhouette of a rooster in red, later covers had the picture of a rooster on them. In the mid1950s, lester was on the margins of the louisiana blues scene. In july 1974, slim died of stomach cancer in detroit, michigan, aged 61. When guy left for chicago, in 1957, lester replaced him, on guitar, in a local bandeven though lester, at the time, did not. Bumble bee slim wake up in the mornin lightnin hopkins how long have i been gone. Find lightnin slim discography, albums and singles on allmusic. The best music site on the web there is where you can read about and listen to blues, jazz, classical music and much more.
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