MEMPHIS SLIM
MEMPHIS SLIM, U.S.A - LP

UPC: 708857334919
Label: CANDID
Format: LP
Release Date: March 14, 2025
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One of Candid's historic blues releases, Memphis Slim, U.S.A. finds the Blues Hall of Fame inductee in a rare, relaxed setting with two close friends and fellow blues icons, Jazz Gillum and Arbee Stidham. The intimacy - from their loose interplay and improvisation to the eerie realism of the recording - is palpable and feels more like an invitation to their inner circle than a commercial release.

Grammy® winner Michael Graves' sensitive remastering brings Memphis Slim, U.S.A. to life, letting listeners in as the piano legend and his buddies offer a musical history of the blues from its Southern juke-joint roots up to its Chicago-style move toward R&B.

Memphis Slim, U.S.A. is an essential document that Candid is proud to bring back to the blues canon.

TRACK LIST:

Side A:

1. Born with the Blues
2. Just Let Me Be
3. Red Haired Boogie
4. Blue and Disgusted
5. New Key to the Highway
6. I'd Take Her to Chicago
7. Harlem Bound

Side B:

1. El Capitan
2. I Just Landed in Your Town
3. John Henry
4. I Believe I'll Settle Down
5. Bad Luck and Troubles
6. Late Afternoon Blues
7. Memphis Slim, U.S.A.