Showing posts with label Slim Harpo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slim Harpo. Show all posts

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Alright Now





















Just another six pack for the weekend then, ok? With a little something for everybody: gospel, blues, swamp blues, roots reggae, two-tone and trash rock. Alright? Alright.

Laura Rivers - That's Alright
Houston Stackhouse & Carey 'Ditty' Mason - That's Alright
Slim Harpo - That's Alright Baby
Horace Andy & Earl Flute - Don't Think About Me (I'm Alright)
The Specials - Doesn't Make It Alright
Pussy Galore - Alright

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Buzz Awhile




















Slim Harpo (1924 -1970) was the man alright. A Louisiana swamp blues king if ever there was one, he never worked full-time as a musician. The trucking business was probably a safer bet. Nevertheless, many of his songs have long since become immortal, and were covered by the Stones, the Yardbirds, Them, and Alex Chilton amongst many others. His old friend and admirer Robert Pete Williams, a legendary bluesman in his own right, paid the 'original King Bee' an impressive tribute on the heartfelt Goodbye Slim Harpo. "Goodbye poor Slim, I see you again..."

Slim Harpo - I'm A King Bee MP3
Slim Harpo - Shake Your Hips MP3
Slim Harpo - Te Ni Nee Ni Nu MP3
Slim Harpo - Tip On In, Part 1 MP3
The Rolling Stones - Shake Your Hips MP3
Alex Chilton - Tee Ni Nee Ni Noo/Tip On In MP3
Robert Pete Williams - Goodbye Slim Harpo MP3