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Slim Harpo Rocks
Slim Harpo
Slim Harpo Rocks
Genres: Blues, International Music
 
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(CD with 32-page Booklet) White rock bands couldn't get enough of Slim's atmospheric harmonica and nasal vocals. This is the music which inspired Canned Heat, Them, the Pretty Things and, of course, the Rolling Stones who ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Slim Harpo
Title: Slim Harpo Rocks
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 11/22/2011
Album Type: Import
Genres: Blues, International Music
Style: Traditional Blues
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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(CD with 32-page Booklet) White rock bands couldn't get enough of Slim's atmospheric harmonica and nasal vocals. This is the music which inspired Canned Heat, Them, the Pretty Things and, of course, the Rolling Stones who revived I'm A King Bee and Shake Your Hips. Difficult-to-find selections include Cigarettes (digitally unleashed for the first time) and Slim's craziest rocker, Wild About My Baby. But the big hits are here too; no retrospective would be complete without Baby Scratch My Back and Rainin' In My Heart. Small ensemble electrified country blues that really rocks!James 'Slim Harpo' Moore (1924 - 1970) crammed a great deal into his 45 years. One of the biggest Southern blues stars of the '50s, he appealed to rockabillies of all generations. Sun artist Warren Smith covered I Got Love If You Want It while Marty Stuart revived Shake Your Hips. Rock 'n' roll collectors embraced Slim's originals and a slew of similarly crisp, pounding rockers on the EXCELLO label. The white blues boom opened new doors for Slim in the mid-to-late '60s but, amongst the soul and psychedelic movements, he still found time to rock 'n' roll.This collection draws on all phases of Slim's 13 year recording career. As reissues go, his finest up tempo sides are scattered all over the place but this compilation cherry-picks 30 of the best, adding his archetypal swamp blues ballad, Rainin' In My Heart, as a bonus. It's the perfect overview of a largely unheralded rocker.

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