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	Slim Harpo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slim Harpo, born James Moore (11 January 1924, Lobdel, Louisiana, USA, died 31 January 1970) was a blues musician.
		Harpo enjoyed a notable US Top 20 pop hit in 1966 with "Baby Scratch My Back" (also a number 1 RandB hit), which revitalized his career.
		Never a full-time musician, Harpo had his own trucking business during the 1960s, although he was a popular figure in the late 1960s blues revival, with appearances at several renowned venues including the Electric Circus and the Fillmore East.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slim_Harpo (336 words)

	Blues Online© Slim Harpo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James Moore (also known as Harmonica Slim and Slim Harpo) was born on January (or February) 11, 1924 in Lobdell, Louisana and raised in Port Allen, Louisana.
		On January 31, 1970 at the peak of his fame, James "Harmonica Slim/Slim Harpo" Moore died in Baton Rouge, Lousiana of a heart attack and is buried in Port Allen, Louisana.
		Harpo was a big influence on British blues-rockers of the mid-Sixties.
	mathrisc1.lunet.edu /blues/Slim_Harpo.html (275 words)

	Blues Foundation :: Inductees
		James Moore AKA Slim Harpo Born: January 11, 1924 in the parish of West Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
		While Slim Harpo's harmonica playing was exceptional, his voice was not powerful enough to carry the lead.
		Later Slim Harpo appeared at Whisky A-Go-Go in L.A. and the Apollo Theater in 1968.
	www.blues.org /halloffame/inductees.php4?ArtistId=214 (695 words)

	Slim Harpo: The Excello Singles Anthology - PopMatters Music Review
		Slim Harpo was writing, singing and playing a blues that was as close to mainstream rock 'n' roll as you could get.
		Harpo was born James Moore in 1924 in the small rural town of Lobdell, Louisiana, and was first recorded in 1955 after coming to the attention of producer Jay Miller.
		Harpo's easy manner, his supple harp playing and occasional forays into country can be heard in Van Morrison's work with Them or the manner in which the Rolling Stones have always treated the blues (the band covered "I'm a King Bee" on their first album).
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/h/harposlim-excello.shtml (687 words)

	Slim Harpo - The Excello Singles Anthology - Hip-O Records
		The Hip-O Records release of The Excello Singles Anthology by Slim Harpo is a watermark for blues collectors as it brings together what is easily one of the more powerful forces for short and rockin’ blues pieces with electric guitar and harmonica.
		Slim Harpo sings self descriptive lines in “Mohair Sam” with “..who is the coolest cat..” and says in “Tip On In (Part One)”, “…I don’t know how we ever did without ‘em”.
		Slim Harpo is no longer with us as he died of a heart attack at the young, young age of 46 in 1970.
	www.musictap.net /Reviews/HarpoSlimExcelloSinglesAnthology.html (789 words)

	Slim Harpo -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the foremost proponents of post-war rural blues, he began performing in (Capital of Louisiana) Baton Rouge bars under the name Harmonica Slim.
		The same group also covered the pulsating "Shake Your Hips", which Harpo first issued in 1966, while the (Click link for more info and facts about Pretty Things) Pretty Things, the (Click link for more info and facts about Yardbirds) Yardbirds and Them featured versions of his songs in their early repertoires.
		Never a full-time musician, Harpo had his own trucking business during the (The decade from 1960 to 1969) 1960s, although he was a popular figure in the late 1960s blues revival, with appearances at several renowned venues including the Electric Circus and the Fillmore East; he suffered a fatal heart attack on 31 January 1970.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sl/slim_harpo.htm (362 words)

	Slim Harpo
		Just a shade behind Lightnin' Slim in local popularity, Harpo played both guitar and neck-rack harmonica in a more down-home approximation of Jimmy Reed, with a few discernible, and distinctive, differences.
		Harpo's music was certainly more laid-back than Reed's, if such a notion was possible.
		By this time he had acquired the alias of Harmonica Slim, which he used until his first record was released.
	www.djangomusic.com /artist_bio.asp?id=R++++88543 (616 words)

	Slim Harpo (1924-1970)
		Harpo was one of the greatest of the "swamp-blues" musicians.
		Harpo’s singing was high pitched and nasal, something more connected with country than blues.
		Harpo owned a trucking business during the '60s while he appeared in several blues revival shows.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/rolling_stones/16724 (387 words)

	Slim Harpo-A Biographical Note by Glenn Weiser
		This is the bio note on Slim Harpo from my harmonica transcription/instruction book Masters of Blues Harp, which has transcription of Baby, Scratch My Back (The Best of Slim Harpo - Rhino 70169), and I Got Love If You Want It (The Best of Slim Harpo).
		James Moore, later known as Slim Harpo, was the most famous Louisiana harp player in the "swamp blues" tradition.
		By the 1940’s he was appearing under the name Harmonica Slim, and in1948 he married and began performing full time.
	www.celticguitarmusic.com /harmslimharpo.htm (339 words)

	VH1.com : Slim Harpo : Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Moore's wife took the slang word for harmonica, added an "o" to the end of it, and a new stage name was the result, one that would stay with Slim Harpo the rest of his career.
		Harpo's first record became a double-sided R&B hit, spawning numerous follow-ups on the "King Bee" theme, but even bigger was "Rainin' in My Heart," which made the Billboard Top 40 pop charts in the summer of 1961.
		It was another perfect distillation of Harpo's across-the-board appeal, and was immediately adapted by country, Cajun, and rock & roll musicians; anybody could play it and sound good doing it.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/harpo_slim/bio.jhtml (673 words)

	BlueBeat.com - Artist Page: Slim Harpo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Harpo's first record became a double-sided RandB hit, spawning numerous follow-ups on the "King Bee" theme, but even bigger was "Rainin' in My Heart," which made the Billboard Top 40 pop charts in the summer of 1961.
		It was another perfect distillation of Harpo's across-the-board appeal, and was immediately adapted by country, Cajun, and rock and roll musicians; anybody could play it and sound good doing it.
		Unexplainably, Harpo -- who had never been plagued with any ailments stronger than a common cold -- suddenly succumbed to a heart attack on January 31, 1970.
	www.mediarightstechnology.com /artists/4380 (640 words)

	Amazon.com: Best of Slim Harpo: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		I was not at all familiar with Slim Harpo when I stumbled upon him in the middle of the night on an oldies rock station of all places.
		It's no wonder that the Stones aped Slim Harpo on so many of their early records: they were slaves to the groove and had a truly thumpin' bass player; Harpo's records were all about the groove, usually led by a great bass line.
		Slim Harpo was one of the few bluesmen who had a national audience (Motown was in full swing but that's a different thing).
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000024GFY?v=glance (1432 words)

	Slim Harpo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Singer, guitarist and harmonica player Harpo was born James Moore in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1924, and he remained there throughout this life.
		His major hit was 'I'm a King Bee' on Excello in 1957, a sexy little number set to a jogging, hypnotic riff that has endeared it to many artists, from the Rolling Stones to Sue Foley.
		Harpo was far and away the most commercially successful of the South Louisiana bluesmen on Excello, and in the late 1960's could find work on the rock circuit.
	www.anycities.com /godders/slim_harpo.htm (188 words)

	Best of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Though Slim Harpo is a "blues" artist, his music would have been considered r&b back in the 50's, and now would be categorized as jump blues.
		Comment: It's no wonder that the Stones aped Slim Harpo on so many of their early records: they were slaves to the groove and had a truly thumpin' bass player; Harpo's records were all about the groove, usually led by a great bass line.
		Harpo had a unique nasal vocal style which was developed because a producer didn't like his singing so told him to sing through his nose.
	www.findtutorials.com /shop/index.php?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=B000005KPX (794 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Slim Harpo - The Excello Singles Anthology 1957-71
		A great new Slim Harpo (born James Moore, 1924) collection is the first I have received in connection with the forthcoming PBS series Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues, a seven-part look at the genre premiering Sept. 28.
		Harpo came out of Louisiana and was first known as Harmonica Slim - slimness apparently running in the family as his brother-in-law was Lightnin' Slim.
		Harpo recorded for Excello for the rest of his life, which ended too soon in 1970 from complications of a punctured lung.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2003/09/02/112712.php (887 words)

	LivinBlues- Slim Harpo
		It's now apparent that Slim Harpo's versatility was thirty years ahead of his time, and today he's rightly regarded as a Blues icon.
		Slim could be as dire, dark, and affecting as John Lee Hooker at his bleakest, just check out 'This Ain't No Place For Me'--possibly the most forlorn Blues song ever.
		Slim Harpo was inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1985.
	www.livinblues.com /bluesrooms/slimharpo.asp (530 words)

	Slim Harpo (James Moore) Biography -- 1999 (by Cub Koda)
		Slim Harpo James Moore (1924-1970) BORN: January 11, 1924, Lobdell, LA DIED: January 31, 1970, Baton Rouge, LA In the large stable of blues talent that Crowley, LA producer Jay Miller recorded for the Nashville-based Excello label, no one enjoyed more mainstream success than Slim Harpo.
		Slim's music was certainly more laid-back than Reed's, if such a notion was possible.
		It was fellow bluesman Lightnin' Slim who first steered him to local record man J.D. Miller.
	www.luckymojo.com /barrett/refs/9900moorebio.html (706 words)

	Slim Harpo
		Miller convince James a cambiare il suo nome d'arte in Slim Harpo, anche perché esisteva già un artista che registrava sotto il nome di Harmonica Slim e a cantare in modo più nasale rispetto al suo precedente stile più naturale.
		La popolarità di Harpo non diminuisce e lo porterà a suonare all'Apollo di New York, al Whisky a Go-Go di L.A. ma soprattutto lo porterà anche in Europa con una tournèe trionfale.
		La musica di Slim Harpo non solo fu una parte fondamentale del blues ma si rivelò essere abbastanza adattabile anche per gli artisti bianchi da entrambi i lati dell'Atlantico, compresi Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Dave Edmunds, Van Morrison, Warren Smith e i Fabulous Thunderbirds, quest'ultimi riproporranno sicuramente meglio di tutti la sua musica.
	www.bluesiana.it /art_slim_harpo.asp (1108 words)

	Blues Before Sunrise - BUZZIN WITH SLIM HARPO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Slim was the point man of the 1950s Louisiana Swamp/Blues movement.
		Slim Harpo along with Lightning Slim, Lazy Lester, Lonesome Sundown, and a dozen other downhome artists recorded for A&R man J.D.Miller in Crowley Louisiana.
		Slim was a triple threat - he played guitar and sang AND he played harmonica in a rack - a device he wore around his neck so he could play guitar and harmonica at the same time.
	www.bluesbeforesunrise.com /bbssetlist013005.html (162 words)

	Blues Online© Louisiana Blues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Otis Hicks (also known as Lightnin' Slim) was born March 13, 1913 on a farm outside St. Louis, Missouri.
		During the 1950's Hicks often worked with Slim Harpo, and they performed together occasionally in the 1960's (they were brother-in-laws).
		On July 27, 1974, Otis V. "Lightnin' Slim" Hicks died of cancer and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Pontiac, Michigan.
	mathrisc1.lunet.edu /blues/Louisiana.html (399 words)

	Hip-O Records (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Born poor in Louisiana and orphaned as a teenager, young James was forced to quit school to become the sole support for his four brothers and sisters.
		In his all-too-brief life, Slim Harpo would reach the Top 40 of the Pop and R&B charts on multiple occasions, he would tour with James Brown, and his influential songs would be covered by the Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, Van Morrison with Them, Hank Williams Jr, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Kinks, and many others.
		Since the long playing albums of that era were collections of an artist’s singles, we have gathered the A and B sides of every Slim Harpo single that Excello released 1957 — 1970.
	www.hip-o.com /releasedetail.asp?id=B000058302 (300 words)

	The BluesHarp Page:Legends:Slim Harpo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		BORN: January 11, 1924, Lobdell, LA DIED: January 31, 1970, Baton Rouge, LA In the large stable of blues talent that Crowley, LA producer Jay Miller recorded for the Nashville-based Excello label, no one enjoyed more mainstream success than Slim Harpo.
		The two reunited and formed a band, touring together as a sort of blues mini-package to appreciative White rock audiences until the end of the decade.
		The new year beckoned with a tour of Europe (his first ever) all firmed up, and a recording session scheduled when he arrived in London.
	www.bluesharp.ca /legends/sharpo.html (674 words)

	JR.com: Slim Harpo - The Excello Singles Anthology in Music: Swamp: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Slim Harpo is among the most accessible, beloved, and commercially successful artists in blues history.
		The elements of Harpo's broad appeal included a genre-spanning musical approach (one hears a blend of country, rock & roll, and raucous electric blues), infectiously hooky melodies, a distinctive singing style marked by a nasal tone and careful annunciation, and Harpo's propulsive harmonica playing.
		Slim Harpo's laid-back, sensual style of singing and harmonica playing made him a key figure of Louisiana "swamp blues" in the 1950s and '60s.
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	SLIM HARPO
		monica Slim recording on the West Coast, and a new name was needed
		Harpo's first record became a double-sided R&B hit, spawning
		Slim, who was now residing outside of Detroit, MI.
	www.oafb.net /once162.html (595 words)

	YEAR OF THE BLUES 2003
		Born James Moore in Lobdell, Louisiana, Slim Harpo was one of the most successful bluesmen of the late 1950s and early ‘60s.
		Like Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo’s music features a relaxed approach, economical harmonica playing, and catchy structure, and it has proved eminently adaptable by musicians in a variety of genres.
		Combined with excellent sound quality, the end result is a catchy and danceable single disc collection, hip (shakin') deep in the rhythms and feel of the swamp blues.
	www.yearoftheblues.org /features.asp?id={50F5D7EB-385E-4A74-AD54-0F5E06EBAA3A}&type=52 (294 words)

	Audiocourses.co.uk - Store - The Best of Slim Harpo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Mississippi bluesman James Isaac Moore made the bulk of his recordings at JD Miller's Crowley, Louisiana studio, accounting for the deep, swampy sound and creeping rhythms of his hit singles.
		Another important influence on the Stones, Harpo's debut 1957 single "I'm A King Bee's" compulsive, chicken-scratch guitar motif became an essential part of their early sound.
		Harpo had it all: a bittersweet soul moan of a voice, a squealing, wounded-hound harmonica sound and a feel for mixing genres that found him picking from country, rock 'n' roll and soul, perfectly placed to be one of the funkiest, most danceable blues performers so far in the music's history.
	www.audiocourses.co.uk /amazon-buy-B000024GFY.html (254 words)

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