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 [[Category:Influences|Harpo]]
-[[Category:Favorite Artists|Harpo]]
+[[Category:Favorite Blues singers|Harpo]]
 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Harpo]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Harpo]]

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 [[File:Slim Harpo.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Slim Harpo.]]
-'''Slim Harpo''' (born James Moore (Lobdell, Louisiana, 11 January 1924 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 31 January 1970), was an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. Harpo is best known for his hit songs ''"I'm a King Bee"'' (1957), ''"Rainin' In My Heart"'' (1961) and ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' (1966).
+'''Slim Harpo''' (born James Moore in Lobdell, Louisiana, 11 January 1924 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 31 January 1970), was an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. Harpo is best known for his hit songs ''"I'm a King Bee"'' (1957), ''"Rainin' In My Heart"'' (1961) and ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' (1966).
 His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including [[The Rolling Stones]] (''"I'm a King Bee"'' on their first album), [[Wikipedia:The Yardbirds|The Yardbirds]], [[Wikipedia:The Kinks|The Kinks]], Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, [[Van Morrison]] with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
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 * [[Wikipedia:Slim Harpo]]
-[[Category:Influences|Harpo, Slim]]
+[[Category:Influences|Harpo]]
-[[Category:Favorite Artists|Harpo, Slim]]
+[[Category:Favorite Artists|Harpo]]
-[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Harpo, Slim]]
+[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Harpo]]
-[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Harpo, Slim]]
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Harpo]]
-[[Category:Blues singers|Harpo, Slim]]
+[[Category:Blues singers|Harpo]]
-[[Category:Singers|Harpo, Slim]]
+[[Category:Singers|Harpo]]
-[[Category:Harmonica players|Harpo, Slim]]
+[[Category:Harmonica players|Harpo]]
-[[Category:Guitarists|Harpo, Slim]]
+[[Category:Guitarists|Harpo]]

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 [[File:Slim Harpo.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Slim Harpo.]]
-'''Slim Harpo''' (born [[James Moore]] (Lobdell, Louisiana, 11 January 1924 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 31 January 1970), was an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. Harpo is best known for his hit songs ''"I'm a King Bee"'' (1957), ''"Rainin' In My Heart"'' (1961) and ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' (1966).
+'''Slim Harpo''' (born James Moore (Lobdell, Louisiana, 11 January 1924 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 31 January 1970), was an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. Harpo is best known for his hit songs ''"I'm a King Bee"'' (1957), ''"Rainin' In My Heart"'' (1961) and ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' (1966).
 His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including [[The Rolling Stones]] (''"I'm a King Bee"'' on their first album), [[Wikipedia:The Yardbirds|The Yardbirds]], [[Wikipedia:The Kinks|The Kinks]], Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, [[Van Morrison]] with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

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 '''Slim Harpo''' (born [[James Moore]] (Lobdell, Louisiana, 11 January 1924 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 31 January 1970), was an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. Harpo is best known for his hit songs ''"I'm a King Bee"'' (1957), ''"Rainin' In My Heart"'' (1961) and ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' (1966).
-His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including [[The Rolling Stones]] (''"I'm a King Bee"'' on their first album), [[The Yardbirds]], [[The Kinks]], Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, [[Van Morrison]] with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
+His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was ''"Baby, Scratch My Back"'' in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including [[The Rolling Stones]] (''"I'm a King Bee"'' on their first album), [[Wikipedia:The Yardbirds|The Yardbirds]], [[Wikipedia:The Kinks|The Kinks]], Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, [[Van Morrison]] with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
 ==References==

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-[[Slim Harpo]], born [[James Moore]] (Jan 11, 1924 in Lobdell, LA - Jan 31, 1970 in Baton Rouge, LA), is an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was "Baby, Scratch My Back" in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including [[The Rolling Stones]] ("I'm a King Bee" on their first album), [[The Yardbirds]], [[The Kinks]], Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, [[Van Morrison]]with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
+[[File:Slim Harpo.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Slim Harpo.]]
 ==References==
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 He 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".
-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."''
+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."''
 ==External links==

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−	[[Slim Harpo]], born [[James Moore]] (Jan 11, 1924 in Lobdell, LA - Jan 31, 1970 in Baton Rouge, LA), is an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was "Baby, Scratch My Back" in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including [[The Rolling Stones]] ("I'm a King Bee" on their first album), [[The Yardbirds]], [[The Kinks]], Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, [[Van ]]with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.	+	[[Slim Harpo]], born [[James Moore]] (Jan 11, 1924 in Lobdell, LA - Jan 31, 1970 in Baton Rouge, LA), is an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was "Baby, Scratch My Back" in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including [[The Rolling Stones]] ("I'm a King Bee" on their first album), [[The Yardbirds]], [[The Kinks]], Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, [[Van Morrison]]with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.

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-[[Slim Harpo]], born [[James Moore]] (Jan 11, 1924 in Lobdell, LA - Jan 31, 1970 in Baton Rouge, LA), 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".
+[[Slim Harpo]], born [[James Moore]] (Jan 11, 1924 in Lobdell, LA - Jan 31, 1970 in Baton Rouge, LA), is an American blues singer, neck-rack harmonica player and guitarist. His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was "Baby, Scratch My Back" in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including [[The Rolling Stones]] ("I'm a King Bee" on their first album), [[The Yardbirds]], [[The Kinks]], Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, [[Van ]]with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
-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."
+==References==
-Blues artist, played both guitar and neck-rack harmonica. His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was "Baby, Scratch My Back" in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Rolling Stones ("I'm a King Bee" on their first album), Yardbirds, Kinks, Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, Van Morrison with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
+He 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".
 [[Category:Supporting Cast|Harpo, Slim]]
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 [[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Harpo, Slim]]
 [[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Harpo, Slim]]

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 Blues artist, played both guitar and neck-rack harmonica. His material not only made the national charts (the biggest hit of his career was "Baby, Scratch My Back" in 1966), but also proved to be quite adaptable for white artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including the Rolling Stones ("I'm a King Bee" on their first album), Yardbirds, Kinks, Dave Edmunds with Love Sculpture, Van Morrison with Them, Sun rockabilly Warren Smith, Hank Williams, Jr. and the Fabulous Thunderbirds.
-[[Category:Supporting Cast]]
+[[Category:Supporting Cast|Harpo, Slim]]
-[[Category:Influences]]
+[[Category:Influences|Harpo, Slim]]
-[[Category:Favorite Artists]]
+[[Category:Favorite Artists|Harpo, Slim]]
-[[Category:Musicians]]
+[[Category:Musicians|Harpo, Slim]]
-[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)]]
+[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Harpo, Slim]]
-[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Harpo, Slim]]