Lightnin' Slim - Revision history

Jason.Kreitzer at 17:24, 30 July 2021

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Spider of Destiny at 17:03, 23 September 2020

2020-09-23T17:03:17Z

Spider of Destiny: Clean-up.

2020-08-30T13:40:53Z

Clean-up.

Spider of Destiny: /* Link with Zappa */

2011-09-16T20:11:21Z

Link with Zappa

Spider of Destiny at 20:10, 16 September 2011

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Spider of Destiny at 01:10, 27 November 2010

2010-11-27T01:10:47Z

Fishbrain: Fixed link to moved article "Blow you harmonica, son!" (CC)

2007-11-25T02:45:20Z

Fixed link to moved article "Blow you harmonica, son!" (CC)

Propellerkuh at 19:35, 26 May 2007

2007-05-26T19:35:32Z

Propellerkuh at 19:17, 26 May 2007

2007-05-26T19:17:26Z

Emdebe: Blow your harmonica, son --> CC

2005-06-11T15:15:23Z

Blow your harmonica, son --> CC

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 He is also mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989):''"There was a place in [[San Diego]] on the ground floor of the Maryland Hotel where you could buy R&B singles unobtainable elsewhere - all those Lightnin' Slim and [[Slim Harpo]] sides on the [[Excello]] label. (The reason you couldn't order them in the 'white-person record stores' was that Excello had a policy that if a store wanted to carry their R&B line, it also had to take their gospel catalog.) The only way I could get a Lightnin' Slim record was to travel a couple hundred miles and buy it secondhand, all scratched up."''
-His exhortation to ''"[["Blow your harmonica, son!" (CC)|blow your harmonica, son]]"'' has become one of the great, mournful catchphrases of the blues. Zappa referenced this quote a few times, beginning with [[Trouble Every Day]].
+His exhortation to ''[["Blow your harmonica, son!"]] has become one of the great, mournful catchphrases of the blues. Zappa referenced this quote a few times, beginning with [[Trouble Every Day]].
 Zappa played Lightnin' Slim's song ''"Have Your Way"'' while he was a guest DJ at [[Dr. Demento]]'s radio show in 1981. He told Demento that the guitar lick on the background of the song inspired him for the background music in ''[[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]''.

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-[[Lightnin' Slim]] (March 13, 1913- July 24, 1974) was an American blues singer and guitarist. His style was built on his grainy but expressive vocals and rudimentary guitar work, with usually nothing more than a harmonica and a drummer in support. Slim's music remained uniquely his own, the perfect blues raconteur, even when reshaping other's material to his dark, somber style. He also possessed one of the truly great voices of the blues; unadorned and unaffected.
+[[File:Lightnin' Slim.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Lightnin' Slim.]]
-==Link with Zappa==
+'''Lightnin' Slim''' (March 13, 1913- July 24, 1974) was an American blues singer and guitarist. His style was built on his grainy but expressive vocals and rudimentary guitar work, with usually nothing more than a harmonica and a drummer in support. Slim's music remained uniquely his own, the perfect blues raconteur, even when reshaping other's material to his dark, somber style. He also possessed one of the truly great voices of the blues; unadorned and unaffected.
-Lightnin' Slim is listed on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]]" (1966) under the heading ''"These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".''
+His best known songs are ''"Bad Luck Blues" (1954), "Farming Blues" (1954), "New Orleans Bound" (1954), "Bad Luck and Trouble" (1956), "It's Mighty Crazy" (1957)'' and ''"G.I. Blues" (1959)''.
-He is also mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989):
+==Zappa and Lightnin' Slim==
-* ''"There was a place in [[San Diego]] on the ground floor of the Maryland Hotel where you could buy R&B singles unobtainable elsewhere - all those Lightnin' Slim and [[Slim Harpo]] sides on the [[Excello]] label. (The reason you couldn't order them in the 'white-person record stores' was that Excello had a policy that if a store wanted to carry their R&B line, it also had to take their gospel catalog.) The only way I could get a Lightnin' Slim record was to travel a couple hundred miles and buy it secondhand, all scratched up."''
+Lightnin' Slim is listed in the sleeve of Zappa's debut album ''"[[Freak Out!]]" (1966)'' in the list of influences under the heading ''"These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".''
 His exhortation to ''"[["Blow your harmonica, son!" (CC)|blow your harmonica, son]]"'' has become one of the great, mournful catchphrases of the blues. Zappa referenced this quote a few times, beginning with [[Trouble Every Day]].
 Zappa played Lightnin' Slim's song ''"Have Your Way"'' while he was a guest DJ at [[Dr. Demento]]'s radio show in 1981. He told Demento that the guitar lick on the background of the song inspired him for the background music in ''[[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]''.
 ==See also==

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 He is also mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989):
-* ''"There was a place in [[San Diego]] on the ground floor of the [[Maryland Hotel]] where you could buy R&B singles unobtainable elsewhere - all those [[Lightnin' Slim]] and [[Slim Harpo]] sides on the [[Excello]] label. (The reason you couldn't order them in the 'white-person record stores' was that Excello had a policy that if a store wanted to carry their R&B line, it also had to take their gospel catalog.) The only way I could get a [[Lightnin' Slim]] record was to travel a couple hundred miles and buy it secondhand, all scratched up."''
+* ''"There was a place in [[San Diego]] on the ground floor of the Maryland Hotel where you could buy R&B singles unobtainable elsewhere - all those Lightnin' Slim and [[Slim Harpo]] sides on the [[Excello]] label. (The reason you couldn't order them in the 'white-person record stores' was that Excello had a policy that if a store wanted to carry their R&B line, it also had to take their gospel catalog.) The only way I could get a Lightnin' Slim record was to travel a couple hundred miles and buy it secondhand, all scratched up."''
 His exhortation to ''"[["Blow your harmonica, son!" (CC)|blow your harmonica, son]]"'' has become one of the great, mournful catchphrases of the blues. Zappa referenced this quote a few times, beginning with [[Trouble Every Day]].

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-[[Lightnin' Slim]], born Otis Hicks (Mar 13, 1913 in St. Louis, MO - Jul 24, 1974 in Detroit, MI), is name-checked on the cover of "[[Freak Out!]$" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them".
+[[Lightnin' Slim]] (March 13, 1913- July 24, 1974) was an American blues singer and guitarist. His style was built on his grainy but expressive vocals and rudimentary guitar work, with usually nothing more than a harmonica and a drummer in support. Slim's music remained uniquely his own, the perfect blues raconteur, even when reshaping other's material to his dark, somber style. He also possessed one of the truly great voices of the blues; unadorned and unaffected.
 He is also mentioned in "[[The Real Frank Zappa Book]]" (1989):
-* "There was a place in [[San Diego]] on the ground floor of the [[Maryland Hotel]] where you could buy R&B singles unobtainable elsewhere - all those [[Lightnin' Slim]] and [[Slim Harpo]] sides on the [[Excello]] label. (The reason you couldn't order them in the 'white-person record stores' was that Excello had a policy that if a store wanted to carry their R&B line, it also had to take their gospel catalog.) The only way I could get a [[Lightnin' Slim]] record was to travel a couple hundred miles and buy it secondhand, all scratched up."
+* ''"There was a place in [[San Diego]] on the ground floor of the [[Maryland Hotel]] where you could buy R&B singles unobtainable elsewhere - all those [[Lightnin' Slim]] and [[Slim Harpo]] sides on the [[Excello]] label. (The reason you couldn't order them in the 'white-person record stores' was that Excello had a policy that if a store wanted to carry their R&B line, it also had to take their gospel catalog.) The only way I could get a [[Lightnin' Slim]] record was to travel a couple hundred miles and buy it secondhand, all scratched up."''
-* "[[Captain Beefheart|Don]] was also an R&B fiend, so I'd bring my 45s over and we'd listen for hours on end to obscure hits by the [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], [[Guitar Slim]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], [[Don & Dewey]], the [[The Spaniels|Spaniels]], the [[The Nutmegs|Nutmegs]], the [[The Paragons|Paragons]], the [[The Orchids|Orchids]], the etc., etc., etc."
+His exhortation to ''"[["Blow your harmonica, son!" (CC)|blow your harmonica, son]]"'' has become one of the great, mournful catchphrases of the blues. Zappa referenced this quote a few times, beginning with [[Trouble Every Day]].
-The acknowledged kingpin of the Louisiana school of blues, Lightnin' Slim's style was built on his grainy but expressive vocals and rudimentary guitar work, with usually nothing more than a harmonica and a drummer in support. Slim's music remained uniquely his own, the perfect blues raconteur, even when reshaping other's material to his dark, somber style. He also possessed one of the truly great voices of the blues; unadorned and unaffected.
+Zappa played Lightnin' Slim's song ''"Have Your Way"'' while he was a guest DJ at [[Dr. Demento]]'s radio show in 1981. He told Demento that the guitar lick on the background of the song inspired him for the background music in ''[[Brown Shoes Don't Make It]]''.
-His exhortation to "[["Blow your harmonica, son!" (CC)|blow your harmonica, son]]" has become one of the great, mournful catchphrases of the blues. Zappa referenced this quote a few times, beginning with [[Trouble Every Day]].
+==See also==
 [[Category:Influences]]
 [[Category:Favorite Artists]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
 [[Category:Blues singers]]

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 The acknowledged kingpin of the Louisiana school of blues, Lightnin' Slim's style was built on his grainy but expressive vocals and rudimentary guitar work, with usually nothing more than a harmonica and a drummer in support. Slim's music remained uniquely his own, the perfect blues raconteur, even when reshaping other's material to his dark, somber style. He also possessed one of the truly great voices of the blues; unadorned and unaffected.
-His exhortation to "[[Blow your harmonica, son (CC)|blow your harmonica, son]]" has become one of the great, mournful catchphrases of the blues.
+His exhortation to "[["Blow your harmonica, son!" (CC)|blow your harmonica, son]]" has become one of the great, mournful catchphrases of the blues.
 [[Category:Supporting Cast]]

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 * "There was a place in [[San Diego]] on the ground floor of the [[Maryland Hotel]] where you could buy R&B singles unobtainable elsewhere - all those [[Lightnin' Slim]] and [[Slim Harpo]] sides on the [[Excello]] label. (The reason you couldn't order them in the 'white-person record stores' was that Excello had a policy that if a store wanted to carry their R&B line, it also had to take their gospel catalog.) The only way I could get a [[Lightnin' Slim]] record was to travel a couple hundred miles and buy it secondhand, all scratched up."
-* "[[Captain Beefheart|Don]] was also an R&B fiend, so I'd bring my 45s over and we'd listen for hours on end to obscure hits by the [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], [[Guitar Slim]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], [[Don & Dewey]], the [[Spaniels]], the [[Nutmegs]], the [[Paragons]], the [[Orchids]], the etc., etc., etc."
+* "[[Captain Beefheart|Don]] was also an R&B fiend, so I'd bring my 45s over and we'd listen for hours on end to obscure hits by the [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Muddy Waters]], [[Sonny Boy Williamson]], [[Guitar Slim]], [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]], [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], [[Don & Dewey]], the [[The Spaniels|Spaniels]], the [[Nutmegs]], the [[Paragons]], the [[Orchids]], the etc., etc., etc."
 The acknowledged kingpin of the Louisiana school of blues, Lightnin' Slim's style was built on his grainy but expressive vocals and rudimentary guitar work, with usually nothing more than a harmonica and a drummer in support. Slim's music remained uniquely his own, the perfect blues raconteur, even when reshaping other's material to his dark, somber style. He also possessed one of the truly great voices of the blues; unadorned and unaffected.