A key figure in turning the blues from a rural to an urban art form, Sunnyland Slim was not just a true embodiment of a pure Mississippi Delta piano style but an innovator of a new kind of blues.
In this excellent collection of essays, Gordon (It Came from Memphis), a veteran music journalist on the Memphis scene, masterfully writes about the outlaws, rebels, and tragic figures who provided ...
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