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NME Video: Fatboy Slim in Brighton

NME Video: Fatboy Slim in Brighton

DJ FatBoy Slim meets NME on Brighton beach for his open air concert, Big Beach Boutique 4, to talk pre-stage rituals that include drinking a lot of vodka.

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Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker...

Willie Dixon, Memphis Slim, T-Bone Walker... (08:40)

www.thefortynighters.com ; Maybe the best blues band I've ever seen. The link is of my band... the comment of the "best blues band" is, obviusly, to that great video. Also... my band is as big as Caldonia, that big...

Memphis Slim - Everyday I Have The Blues

Memphis Slim - Everyday I Have The Blues (02:49)

This is piano blues beyond comparison - Memphis Slim and his "Everyday I Have The Blues" recorded and filmed in July, 1962. He is backed by the prominent jazz drummer Kansas Fields.

Roots of Blues -- Memphis Slim „Beer Drinking Woman"

Roots of Blues -- Memphis Slim „Beer Drinking Woman" (03:23)

„Beer Drinking Woman" (J. Williams - P. Chatman) Recorded: no details available John "Memphis Slim" Chatman (born September 3, 1915, Memphis, Tennessee; died February 24, 1988, in Paris, France) was a blues pianist,...

Memphis Slim - Slim's Boogie (1976)

Memphis Slim - Slim's Boogie (1976) (02:30)

Wonder what 'Pinetop' would say about the title. Features Michel Denis on drums.

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Memphis Slim Biography

Memphis Slim (September 3, 1915 - February 24, 1988) was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues," has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. Slim made over 500 recordings.

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Memphis Slim's Best Songs

  • 1. Mother Earth
  • 2. How Long
  • 3. Wish Me Well
  • 4. Late Afternoon Blues
  • 5. Born With The Blues
  • 6. I Believe I'll Settle Down
  • 7. I Feel so Good
  • 8. Just Let me Be
  • 9. Rockin' Chair Blues
  • 10. Boogie Woogie Memphis
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Memphis Slim Discography

Memphis Slim albums.

  • The Blues Collection 13: Beer Drinkin' Woman - (Orbis Publishing Ltd/GB)
  • Blue Memphis - (Wounded Bird Records/US)

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