Lightnin' Slim - The King of Blues (Remastered) (2020)
BAND/ARTIST: Lightnin' Slim
- Title: The King of Blues (Remastered)
- Year Of Release: 2020
- Label: Master Tape Records
- Genre: Blues
- Quality: FLAC lossless
- Total Time: 1:57:13
- Total Size: 536 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
The acknowledged kingpin of the Louisiana school of blues, Lightnin' Slim built his style on his grainy but expressive vocals and rudimentary guitar work, with usually nothing more than a harmonica and a drummer in support. It was down-home country blues edged two steps further into the mainstream, first by virtue of his electric guitar, and second by the sound of the local Crowley, LA musicians who backed him being bathed in simmering, pulsating tape echo. As the first great star of producer J.D. Miller's blues talent stable, Lightnin' Slim had a successful formula that scored regional hits on the Nashville-based Excello label for over a decade, with one of them, "Rooster Blues," making the national R&B charts in 1959. Combining the country ambience of a Lightnin' Hopkins with the plodding insistence of a Muddy Waters, Lightnin' Slim's music belonged uniquely to him, the perfect blues raconteur, even when he was reshaping others' material to his dark, somber style.
He also possessed one of the truly great blues voices, unadorned and unaffected, making the world-weariness of a Sonny Boy Williamson sound like the second coming of Good Time Charlie by comparison. His exhortation to "blow your harmonica, son" has become one of the great, mournful catch phrases of the blues, and even on his most rockin' numbers, there's a sense that you are listening less to an uptempo offering than a slow blues just being played faster. Lightnin' always sounded like bad luck just moved into his home approximately an hour after his mother-in-law did.
Tracklisting:
01. Lightnin' Slim - G. I. Slim (Remastered) (2:28)
02. Lightnin' Slim - Mean Ole Lonesome Train (Remastered) (3:12)
03. Lightnin' Slim - Hoodoo Blues (Remastered) (2:21)
04. Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues (Remastered) (2:34)
05. Lightnin' Slim - It's Mighty Crazy (Remastered) (2:37)
06. Lightnin' Slim - I'm Grown (Remastered) (2:50)
07. Lightnin' Slim - My Starter Won't Start (Remastered) (2:52)
08. Lightnin' Slim - Rock Me Mama (Remastered) (2:46)
09. Lightnin' Slim - Bad Luck (Remastered) (3:00)
10. Lightnin' Slim - Long Leanie Mama (Remastered) (2:09)
11. Lightnin' Slim - Feelin' Awful Blues (Remastered) (2:58)
12. Lightnin' Slim - I Can't Live Happy (Remastered) (3:01)
13. Lightnin' Slim - I'm Leavin' You (Remastered) (2:29)
14. Lightnin' Slim - New Orleans Bound (Remastered) (2:48)
15. Lightnin' Slim - Ethel Mae (Remastered) (3:16)
16. Lightnin' Slim - Sweet Little Woman (Remastered) (2:15)
17. Lightnin' Slim - Bugger Bugger Boy (Remastered) (2:06)
18. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin's Troubles (Remastered) (2:43)
19. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin' Slim Boogie (Remastered) (2:36)
20. Lightnin' Slim - Bad Feeling (Remastered) (3:00)
21. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin' Blues (Remastered) (2:58)
22. Lightnin' Slim - Tom Cat Blues (Remastered) (2:44)
01. Lightnin' Slim - Bed Bug Blues (Remastered) (2:36)
02. Lightnin' Slim - I Can't Be Successful (Remastered) (3:02)
03. Lightnin' Slim - Sugar Plum (Remastered) (2:48)
04. Lightnin' Slim - Too Close Blues (Remastered) (1:58)
05. Lightnin' Slim - Just Made Twenty-One (Remastered) (2:11)
06. Lightnin' Slim - My Little Angel Chile (Remastered) (2:43)
07. Lightnin' Slim - Cool Down Baby (Remastered) (2:14)
08. Lightnin' Slim - Goin' Home (Remastered) (2:41)
09. Lightnin' Slim - Nothin' but the Devil (Remastered) (3:00)
10. Lightnin' Slim - Wonderin' and Goin' (Remastered) (2:55)
11. Lightnin' Slim - Bad Luck and Trouble (Remastered) (2:56)
12. Lightnin' Slim - I Just Don't Know (Remastered) (2:14)
13. Lightnin' Slim - Have Your Way (Remastered) (2:39)
14. Lightnin' Slim - Somebody Knockin' (Remastered) (3:07)
15. Lightnin' Slim - I'm Tired Waiting Baby (Remastered) (2:47)
16. Lightnin' Slim - Hello Mary Lee (Remastered) (2:44)
17. Lightnin' Slim - I'm a Rollin' Stone (Remastered) (2:26)
18. Lightnin' Slim - Mind Your Own Business (Remastered) (2:20)
19. Lightnin' Slim - Love Me Mama (Remastered) (2:29)
20. Lightnin' Slim - You're Old Enough to Understand (Remastered) (2:46)
21. Lightnin' Slim - I'm Warning You Baby (Remastered) (2:09)
22. Lightnin' Slim - Wintertime Blues (Remastered) (2:43)
He also possessed one of the truly great blues voices, unadorned and unaffected, making the world-weariness of a Sonny Boy Williamson sound like the second coming of Good Time Charlie by comparison. His exhortation to "blow your harmonica, son" has become one of the great, mournful catch phrases of the blues, and even on his most rockin' numbers, there's a sense that you are listening less to an uptempo offering than a slow blues just being played faster. Lightnin' always sounded like bad luck just moved into his home approximately an hour after his mother-in-law did.
Tracklisting:
01. Lightnin' Slim - G. I. Slim (Remastered) (2:28)
02. Lightnin' Slim - Mean Ole Lonesome Train (Remastered) (3:12)
03. Lightnin' Slim - Hoodoo Blues (Remastered) (2:21)
04. Lightnin' Slim - Rooster Blues (Remastered) (2:34)
05. Lightnin' Slim - It's Mighty Crazy (Remastered) (2:37)
06. Lightnin' Slim - I'm Grown (Remastered) (2:50)
07. Lightnin' Slim - My Starter Won't Start (Remastered) (2:52)
08. Lightnin' Slim - Rock Me Mama (Remastered) (2:46)
09. Lightnin' Slim - Bad Luck (Remastered) (3:00)
10. Lightnin' Slim - Long Leanie Mama (Remastered) (2:09)
11. Lightnin' Slim - Feelin' Awful Blues (Remastered) (2:58)
12. Lightnin' Slim - I Can't Live Happy (Remastered) (3:01)
13. Lightnin' Slim - I'm Leavin' You (Remastered) (2:29)
14. Lightnin' Slim - New Orleans Bound (Remastered) (2:48)
15. Lightnin' Slim - Ethel Mae (Remastered) (3:16)
16. Lightnin' Slim - Sweet Little Woman (Remastered) (2:15)
17. Lightnin' Slim - Bugger Bugger Boy (Remastered) (2:06)
18. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin's Troubles (Remastered) (2:43)
19. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin' Slim Boogie (Remastered) (2:36)
20. Lightnin' Slim - Bad Feeling (Remastered) (3:00)
21. Lightnin' Slim - Lightnin' Blues (Remastered) (2:58)
22. Lightnin' Slim - Tom Cat Blues (Remastered) (2:44)
01. Lightnin' Slim - Bed Bug Blues (Remastered) (2:36)
02. Lightnin' Slim - I Can't Be Successful (Remastered) (3:02)
03. Lightnin' Slim - Sugar Plum (Remastered) (2:48)
04. Lightnin' Slim - Too Close Blues (Remastered) (1:58)
05. Lightnin' Slim - Just Made Twenty-One (Remastered) (2:11)
06. Lightnin' Slim - My Little Angel Chile (Remastered) (2:43)
07. Lightnin' Slim - Cool Down Baby (Remastered) (2:14)
08. Lightnin' Slim - Goin' Home (Remastered) (2:41)
09. Lightnin' Slim - Nothin' but the Devil (Remastered) (3:00)
10. Lightnin' Slim - Wonderin' and Goin' (Remastered) (2:55)
11. Lightnin' Slim - Bad Luck and Trouble (Remastered) (2:56)
12. Lightnin' Slim - I Just Don't Know (Remastered) (2:14)
13. Lightnin' Slim - Have Your Way (Remastered) (2:39)
14. Lightnin' Slim - Somebody Knockin' (Remastered) (3:07)
15. Lightnin' Slim - I'm Tired Waiting Baby (Remastered) (2:47)
16. Lightnin' Slim - Hello Mary Lee (Remastered) (2:44)
17. Lightnin' Slim - I'm a Rollin' Stone (Remastered) (2:26)
18. Lightnin' Slim - Mind Your Own Business (Remastered) (2:20)
19. Lightnin' Slim - Love Me Mama (Remastered) (2:29)
20. Lightnin' Slim - You're Old Enough to Understand (Remastered) (2:46)
21. Lightnin' Slim - I'm Warning You Baby (Remastered) (2:09)
22. Lightnin' Slim - Wintertime Blues (Remastered) (2:43)
Year 2020 | Blues | Country | FLAC / APE
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