Lightnin' Slim - The Complete Singles As & Bs - 1954-62 2CD Set

Lightnin' Slim

Lightnin' Slim - The Complete Singles As & Bs - 1954-62 2CD Set


This great-value 46-track 2-CD set comprises all the titles which Lightnin' Slim recorded for the Feature, Ace and Excello labels during these years, including the only R&B chart hit of his career "Rooster Blues". He is accompanied on these recordings by a variety of other Louisiana musicians, most notably the harmonica player Lazy Lester. This collection offers an entertaining insight into the music of a highly individual artist as well as a distinctive strand of regional blues.
Available On CD
Regular Price: $17.98
Sale Price: $14.98
Add to Cart

Guitarist, singer and songwriter Lightnin' Slim (real name Otis Hicks) was born in Louisiana in 1913 and was a pioneer and first prominent exponent of the "Swamp Blues" style. He came to recording relatively late in life, doing his first sessions in his early 40s and recording his best-known work during the late 1950s and early '60s, before retreating from the business until being re-discovered and brought back to performing in the early 1970s. His music became a significant influence on British artists during the '60s blues boom. Swamp blues, focused in the clubs of Baton Rouge, is a laid-back but highly rhythmic blues style, influenced by Cajun music, and which the book "Music USA: A Rough Guide" states is characterised by "eerie echo, shuffle beats, tremolo guitars, searing harmonica and sparse percussion". This great-value 46-track 2-CD set comprises all the titles which Lightnin' Slim recorded for the Feature, Ace and Excello labels during these years, including the only R&B chart hit of his career "Rooster Blues". He is accompanied on these recordings by a variety of other Louisiana musicians, most notably the harmonica player Lazy Lester. This collection offers an entertaining insight into the music of a highly individual artist as well as a distinctive strand of regional blues.

Track Listing

Disc 1:
    • Bad Luck
    • Rock Me Mama
    • New Orleans Bound
    • I Can't Live Happy
    • Bugger Bugger Boy
    • Ethel Mae
    • She's Gone
    • Strange Letter Blues
    • Bad Feeling Blues
    • Lightnin' Slim Boogie
    • I Can't Be Successful
    • Lightnin' Blues
    • Sugar Plum
    • Just Made Twenty One
    • Goin' Home
    • Wondering And Goin'
    • Bad Luck And Trouble
    • Have Your Way
    • Mean Ole Lonesome Train
    • I'm Grown
    • I'm A Rollin' Stone
    • Love Me Mama
    • Hoodoo Blues
Disc 2:
    • It's Mighty Crazy
    • My Starter Won't Work
    • Long Leanie Mama
    • I'm Leavin' You Baby
    • Feelin' Awful Blue
    • Sweet Little Woman
    • Lightnin's Troubles
    • Rooster Blues
    • "G.I." Slim
    • Tom Cat Blues
    • Bed Bug Blues
    • Too Close Blues
    • My Little Angel Chile
    • Cool Down Baby
    • Nothing But The Devil
    • I Just Don't Know
    • Somebody Knockin'
    • I'm Tired Waiting Baby
    • Hello Mary Lee
    • Mind Your Own Business
    • You're Old Enough To Understand
    • I'm Warning You Baby
    • Winter Time Blues