On This Day – The Great Slim Harpo
Jan 11, 2010 On This Day, arrivals
On this day in 1924 one of the best blues performers ever was born.
Slim Harpo was born James Moore in Lobdel, Louisiana and was the eldest in an orphaned family. He worked as a longshoreman and builder during the 30s. He began performing in Baton Rouge as Harmonica Slim. Later he backed his brother in Law Lightnin’ Hopkins (another blues great).
he was given the name Slim Harpo by his producer Jay Miller, a reference to his mastery of the harmonica. His solo debut was amazing coupling “I’m a King Bee” with “I Got Love if You Want It”. A string of hits followed. His songs were covered by many in the British Blues boom of the 60s including The Stones, Yardbirds, Them, Pretty Things – infact, almost anyone playing in British clubs at the time.
His lazy delivery cooupled with understated but effective electric backing ensured his place in the pantheon of blues greats.
The Sons of The Delta with King Bee
Slim’s Original
The Immortal Muddy’s Version (turn this one up)
Stone’s version 1966
2 for the Price of One! The Wonderful Bonnie Raitt Singing ‘Coming Home’ and Steve Tyler with King Bee!
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Arrivals – 16th November
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1938 Troy Seals (James Brown’s backing band)
1938 Toni Brown (Joy of Cooking)
1949 Patti Santos (It’s a Beautiful Day)
1962 Mani (The Stone Roses)
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Arrivals – 9 November
Nov 9, 2009 arrivals
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1941 Tom Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revivial)
1943 Lee Graziano (American Breed)
1948 Joe Bauchard (Blue Oyster Cult)
1944 Phil May (Pretty Things)
1969 Pepa (Salt and Pepa)
Tags: born on this day, Joe Bauchard, Lee Graziano, Phil May, rock and blues, Tom Fogerty
Arrivals – 6 November
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1916 Ray Conniff (orchestra leader)
1933 Joseph Pope (Tams)
1937 Eugene Pitt (The Jive Five)
1938 P.J. Proby (Hold Me)
1942 Doug Sahm (Sir Douglas Quintet)
1947 George Young (Easybeats)
1948 Glenn Frey (Eagles)
1950 Chris Glen (Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
Tags: born on this day, Chris Glen, Doug Sahm, Eugene Pitt, George Young, Glenn Frey, Joseph Pope, P.J. Proby, Ray Conniff, rock and blues
Arrivals – 5 November
Nov 5, 2009 arrivals
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1942 Art Garfunkel (Simon and Garfunkel)
1946 Gram Parsons (Grievous Angel)
1946 Peter Noone (Herman’s Hermits)
1948 Pete Hammill (Van der Graaf Generator)
1948 Don McDougall (Guess Who)
1957 Mike Score (A Flock Of Seagulls)
1959 Bryan Adams
1961 David Bryson (Counting Crows)
1971 Jon Greenwood (Radiohead)
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Arrivals – 1 November
Nov 1, 2009 arrivals
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1946 Rick Grech (Family, Blind Faith)
1951 Ronald Bell (Kool and the Gang)
1959 Eddie Macdonald (Alarm)
1962 Mags Kuruholmen (A-Ha)
1962 Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
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Arrivals 31 October
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1937 Tom Paxton (US folk singer)
1944 Kinky Freidman (country singer/bandleader)
1961 Larry Mullen (U2)
1963 Johnny Marr (Smiths)
1965 Annabella Luin (Bow Wow Wow)
1966 Ad Rock (Adam Horowitze – Beastie Boys)
1968 Alistair McErlaine (Texas)
1970 Linn Berggren (Ace Of Base)
Tags: Ad Rock, Alistair McErlaine, Annabella Luin, born on this day, Johnny Marr, Kinky Freidman, Larry Mullen, Linn Berggren, Tom Paxton
