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	John Chatman (Memphis Slim) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Memphis Slim (1915 in Memphis, Tennessee-1988 Paris, France) was a blues pianist and singer.
		Memphis Slim got his start playing the blues at the Midway Café at 357 Beale Street (southeast corner of Fourth and Beale Streets) in Memphis in 1931.
		Memphis Slim died on February 24, 1988 in Paris France at the age of 72.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Chatman_(Memphis_Slim) (382 words)

	1201 Music Presents Memphis Slim - Blue The Evening (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Memphis Slim was pre-eminent among the blues singers who were able to meet the demands of the new media, and was one of the small handful of entertainers with a personality sufficiently extrovert to be able to settle in an alien country and on a different continent.
		Memphis Slim brought the blues to audiences who would otherwise have had far less chance of hearing the music created in person whilst he has maintained contact with its sources.
		It shows Memphis Slim's unusual capacity to perceive and to use the fullest potential of a medium and is incidentally, a clue to his success where others have been wanting in bringing the blues to the new media.
	www.1201music.com /album.cfm?sku=90342 (1209 words)

	Memphis Slim Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman) was a huge, shrewd, imposing blues singer and pianist.
		Years of hoboing, grinding one-nighters through nearly every part of the country, and the weeks in raucous juke joints had weathered and strengthened Memphis Slim to the point at which he became uncommonly resourceful in the continuing free-for-all that determines oneÕs survival chances in music.
		Memphis Slim, U.S.A. is another classic blues title recorded in 1961 and produced by Nat Hentoff for Candid Records.
	www.artistsonly.com /memphis.htm (147 words)

	LivinBlues- Memphis Slim
		Memphis Slim changed all that, especially in the aftermath of settling in Europe in 1963, living in France until his 1988 death.
		Memphis Slim's fascinating story begins in Memphis in 1915, and sometime in the 1930’s he settled in Chicago and began displaying his considerable piano skills, landing his first record deal with Okeh in 1939.
		Memphis Slim toured and recorded from 1963 on, mainly in Europe and living in Paris until his death in 1988.
	www.livinblues.com /bluesrooms/memphisslim.asp (536 words)

	Blues - Memphis Slim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Memphis Slim was the king of Paris and a beloved blues singer in all of Europe, and not just there.
		Whether it was the slow, mournful sad variety, or the foot stomping boogie-woogie, barrel-house style, Memphis Slim was one of blues piano’s greatest icons and a strong, expressive blues singer of true class and refined, immaculate style.
		Memphis Slim never suffered from any sort of musical decline so common among blues musicians who recorded way into old age past their prime, and each of these songs represent a musician in his prime.
	www.frankspicks.com /reviews/slim.html (643 words)

	VH1.com : Memphis Slim : Biography
		Memphis Slim -- assuredly ranks with the greatest blues pianists of all time.
		Soon enough, other 88s pounders were copying Slim rather than the other way around; his thundering ivories attack set him apart from most of his contemporaries, while his deeply burnished voice possessed a commanding authority.
		Slim exhibited his perpetually independent mindset by leaving the country for good in 1962.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/memphis_slim/bio.jhtml (454 words)

	Memphis Slim - The Folkways Years 1959-1973 Review
		Smithsonian is known for their stellar archival volumes and the Memphis Slim one is no exception.
		The Folkways recordings that Memphis did were primarily piano and vocals (and occasionally just piano) so doen’t expect a big orchestra trying to keep up to the Slim.
		Disregarding this little detail, Memphis Slim is an essential addition to any blues collection and The Folkways Years is as good as any compilation to represent him.
	www.musicemissions.com /display_review/571 (230 words)

	Memphis Slim MP3 Downloads - Memphis Slim Music Downloads - Memphis Slim Music Videos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Memphis Slim's classic United label sessions from 1954 comprise this exceptional document of the master pianists work: 19 of the some 30 tracks he waxed during four sessions, and very well-produced, considering the time frame.
		As a blues pianist, Slim is in a class by himself.
		Slim excels on loping, half-shuffles with horn complement, as on "Sassy Mae," "Two of a Kind," and the killer "Four Years of Torment." He plays celeste on another three, the hard swinging "Got to Find My Baby," and twelve-bar on "She's Alright" in the second take.
	www.mp3.com /albums/67548/summary.html (421 words)

	Memphis Slim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Memphis Slim brought city-sophistication and some real boogie-woogie into the blues scene.
		In 1944, he formed a band and called it “Memphis Slim and his Solid Band.” He recorded with the band and as a soloist all through the 40’s and 50’s.
		Memphis Slim was a lovely lively musician who knew the blues inside out, and became a key idol in the same Chicago blues scene as Muddy Waters and Otis Spann.
	helios.hampshire.edu /~wsbPF/blues/pages/slim.html (152 words)

	Memphis Slim CD Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Peter Chatman, alias Memphis Slim, recorded many fine blues 78's during the heyday of Chicago, and this 25 track set offers up some prime examples of slow blues, a few rocking boogies, and hints at the upcoming jump style that soon became rock and roll, which would eclipse many Chicago heavies.
		Slim made great use of stop-time grooves, and the excellent "Maybe I'll Lend You A Dime" finds him playing a lonesome solo blues, with tough lyrics.
		Memphis Slim moved operations to foreign shores in later life, and enjoyed his well-earned star status, at least in Paris, France.
	www.mnblues.com /cdreview/2001/memphisslim-everyday-cr.html (630 words)

	Recording review: Memphis Slim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Already known as Memphis Slim, he began recording his distinctive brand of blues and boogie woogie piano in 1940, at sessions probably arranged by his friend Big Bill Broonzy.
		This compilation covers the period from 1959 to 1973, a transitional period in Slim's career, during which he was no longer performing or recording for a specifically fl audience.
		Memphis Slim was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1989, a year after his death.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/memphisslim.html (241 words)

	Memphis Slim Exhibit The Blues Hall of Fame ® (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Could someone who knew Memphis Slim or someone who really knows his music, please share something special about this Great Man and his music.
		He was a regular, household name throughout Europe, and especially so in France where he had a weekly radio and TV show.
		You couldn't walk 30 feet without someone, or a group of people stopping him to chat, wanting autographs, or saying "Memphis", Memphis", Memphis." All the while he always stayed a joyful, feet-on-the-ground, hard working, craftsman.
	blueshalloffame.com /Artists_Exhibit_Pages/Memphis_Slim_Exhibit.html (568 words)

	Memphis Slim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This album continues Delmark's raid on the vaults of the United label, which did its work in Chicago's famed Universal Studios, which was Duke Ellington's favorite place to record.
		Every nuance of the band comes through -- especially the dynamics of the late Slim's booming, resonant voice (he was a smooth and powerful blues shouter along the lines of Big Joe Turner, but with more subtle control of his voice) and the timbre of the wailing saxophones.
		But it's Slim's show, and the grown-up tears of "Got To Find My Baby" as well as the cocky defiance of "Memphis Slim U.S.A." show a beautifully expressive range that was as big as this giant of man himself.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archive/music/99/02/25/OTR/MEMPHIS_SLIM.html (172 words)

	Memphis Slim at Blues With A Feeling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Memphis Slim at the Gate of the Horn [Vee-Jay 800, 1959] with
		Memphis Slim: U.S.A. [Candid 9024, 1961] with Jazz Gillum, Arbee Stidham
		Jimmy Witherspoon / Jimmy Reed / Memphis Slim:
	hotburrito.20m.com /blues/memphisslim.html (734 words)

	MEMPHIS SLIM : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Hoboed through the South like many other bluesmen '30s, but settled in Chicago '37, often working with Big Bill Broonzy; made many records and was one of the first to take his art to Europe c'60, living in Paris from '63.
		Among his dozens of songs, 'Alberta' became one of Broonzy's specialities, and 'Every Day (I Have The Blues)' was a no. 2 R&B hit '55 sung by Joe Williams, from the album Count Basie Swings/Joe Williams Sings, which also incl.
		Sam Chatman on Muse; Live At Ronnie Scott's '86 with Paul Jones, Slim Gaillard and others on DRG; more on Chess, EPM, Musidisc, Candid.
	www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/m/M173.HTM (137 words)

	Memphis Slim / Blue Memphis
		John Len (and Peter) Chatman, born in 1915 in Memphis, and deceased en 1988, started playing piano during the 1920s.
		In this "concept album", Memphis Slim goes down memory lane, by performing some of his standards, with a British instrumentation.
		If you like the Blues of Memphis Slim, and want to hear something else than the classical (but excellent) piano-guitar combination, listen this gem ; it will become one of your references.
	bluesroad.free.fr /English/Albums/ms_bm.html (270 words)

	Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson - Live in Europe on DVD - MovieWeb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Memphis Slim & Sonny Boy Williamson - Live in Europe on DVD - MovieWeb
		American blues legends Memphis Slim and Sonny Boy Williamson are captured live in this vintage collection of European concert performances from the early 1960s.
		Recorded at blues festivals in Belgium and Denmark, pianist Slim and harmonica player Williamson perform both solo and together on classic numbers such as "The Blues is Everywhere," "I'll Just Keep Singing the Blues," "I'm a Lonely Man," "Your Funeral and My Trial," and many more.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?602498632598 (171 words)

	Memphis Slim biography : albums : icebergradio.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		An amazingly prolific artist who brought a brisk air of urban sophistication to his frequently stunning presentation, John "Peter" Chatman -- better known as Memphis Slim -- assuredly ranks with the greatest blues pianists of all time.
		Sonny Boy Williamson and Memphis Slim in Paris
		Memphis Slim at the Gate of the Horn
	www.icebergradio.com /artist/457/darlene_love.html (472 words)

	Sing Out!: Memphis Slim and Sonny Boy Williamson: Live in ... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This third installment in the "Blues Legends" video series focuses on two of the most influential, larger-than-life blues performers ever: long-fingered, expatriate pianist/vocalist Memphis Slim (born Peter Chatman) and the irascible Sonny Boy Williamson (born Aleck Ford).
		The debonair Slim and a devilish-looking Williamson, accompanied by the scintillating, notes-flying guitar playing of a young Matt Murphy (who gets a lot of solo space throughout) and the feisty drumming of Bill Stepney, are showcased in their prime.
		Slim is next featured on a pair of unreleased songs from his American Folk Blues Festival touring days in Europe ("Rockin' the House" and "Just Keep Singing the Blues").
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:125874734&refid=ip_almanac_hf (347 words)

	Memphis slim albums, promos, bootlegs, maxis, singles
		Memphis Slim - Michel Denis, Drums - Recorded live at the Caveau
		Memphis Slim & The House Rockers / Rockin' The House
		Memphis Slim & The House Rockers / Pacemaker Boogie
	www.atmosphere.be /releases/memphis_slim (1118 words)

	Amazon.com: Memphis Slim: U.S.A.: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This disc contains the last two (of four) sessions that Memphis Slim recorded for United (from the notes, the first successful fl-owned record company).
		The presence of "Old Meets New" is very strong on this disc, with Murphy's blues/jazz chops and experience (before Slim, he'd played with Bobby "Blue Bland, Jr.
		This disc is a great addition to the Memphis Slim catalog, and provides a glimpse of a later-to-be Blues Brother as he's starting to hit his stride.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000009O4L?v=glance (522 words)

	Memphis Slim - Mr Memphis
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	www.cirkayak.com /memphis-slim.html (295 words)

	eBay - memphis slim, CDs, Records items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		MEMPHIS SLIM / LEGEND OF THE BLUES /VOL 1 /LP
		PETE SEEGER Memphis Slim Willie Dixon Folkways lp 1960
		Memphis Slim and Sonny Boy Williamson Live in Europe DVD
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=memphis+slim&newu=1&krd=1 (485 words)

	Memphis Slim
		In 1978, legendary bluesman Memphis Slim was named the official "Ambassador of the Blues" by California Senator Hayakawa; he is considered among the greatest blues pianists ever and has also written many popular songs, most notably "Everyday I Have the Blues." Slim was born Peter Chatman in the city that provided his nickname.
		He moved to Chicago in the late '30s and recorded a couple solo singles before becoming an accompanist for Big Bill Broonzy for a few years.
		In the early '60s, Slim moved to Paris and began performing there and in Europe.
	www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+48376 (112 words)

	Memphis Slim : Messin' Around with the Blues - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Memphis Slim : Messin' Around with the Blues - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Memphis Slim : Messin' Around with the Blues
		Memphis Slim made dozens of albums; most were good, some were very good, and a handful were great.
	www.artistdirect.com /store/artist/album/0,,130144,00.html (158 words)

	Paris Mississippi Blues - Memphis Slim - Buy @ SmokeCDs.com music cd store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A pianist and blues singer of sublme skill, Memphis Slim (born as John L. Chatman in Memphis in 1915) had a huge impact on early Chicago blues alongside contemporaries such as Big Bill Broonzy and Sonny Boy Williamson, playing a rollicking jump style of blues (such as that made famous by Louis Jordan).
		He then played extensively in the 1950s with guitarist Matt Murphy (later of Blues Brothers fame) and later Willie Dixon, influencing vcoalists such as Lowell Fulsom and BB King, plus numerous lesser boogie woogie pianists.
		In fact, the closing sentence of this delightful (and beautifully package French set) sums things up perfectly - "this album should revitalize the (recorded) reputation of a major artist unjustly neglected by the critics although he gave the subtle art of piano blues its letters of nobility".
	www.smokecds.com /cd/35581 (374 words)

	Israeli Blues, Josh White, B.B. King, Memphis Slim, Jimmy Witherspoon, Buddy Guy, Eli Marcus
		The Blues in Israel is a long trek in the desert; once in a while you may encounter an oasis...
		Veteran blues fans in Israel may recall the legendary Josh White performing in the resort town of Eilat on the Red Sea in 1956.
		Prime blues artists like B.B. King, Memphis Slim, Jimmy Witherspoon, Buddy Guy, and others have graced our fair land a number of times since the early 1970's as well.
	www.bluesforpeace.com /israel-blues.htm (1720 words)

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