Slim Harpo
Subtitle: blues king bee of Baton Rouge
By: Martin Hawkins
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780807164532; 9780807164549; 9780807164556; 9780807164563
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Blues musicians; Biography
Description: The complete life and times of blues singer Slim Harpo (1924-1970), chronicling his development from local bluesman to R&B star, from the black clubs of Baton Rouge to the white college circuit and national recognition in the late 1960s. The lives and careers of other Baton Rouge blues players are examined as context and contrast to Harpo, as is his legacy in relation to the blues music scene in Louisiana.
Notes: "A musical appreciation" / by Steve Coleridge: pages 363-369.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-362), discography (pages 335-357, 359), and indexes (general index; index of song titles).
Table of contents: title: Something inside me. Early life and times ; The death of Clyde Moore ; Going to New Orleans ; Postwar blues ; The red stick blues ; Ms. Lovell ; Lightning strikes; title: Swamp Records and radio sales. Jay Miller : the Swamp Records man ; Ernie Young : Excello Records and Nashville radio selling ; Miller style; title: I'm a king bee. Recordings, 1956 and 1957 ; The Baton Rouge club scene ; Recordings, November 1957 ; Catholic blues ; Baton Rouge bluesmen ; Recordings, May 1959 ; The King Bees ; Recordings, November-December 1959 ; The social whirl ; Recordings, Summer 1960 ; The beach blues ; The rise of swamp-pop; title: Rainin' in my heart. A trip to Chicago ; Recordings, November 1960 ; Success at last ; Recordings for Imperial, June 1961 ; A night in Mobile ; All-American bandstands; title: Buzzin', scratchin', hip shakin', bread makin'. The contract blues ; More Baton Rouge bluesmen ; Louisiana folk blues ; Recordings, September 1963 ; That's life ; More swamp-pop ; Recordings, January 1964 ; Recordings, June 1964 ; My generation ; Recordings, January 1965 ; Desegregation blues ; Recordings, October 1965 ; The scratch effect ; Recordings, February 1966 ; Recordings, September 1966 ; The end of an era; title: The music's hot. Tip on in ; Recordings, April 1967 ; Recordings, Summer 1968 ; Scene in the rock society ; Recordings, early 1969 ; "The Harp" ; Recordings, March 1969 ; Recordings, April 1969 ; Recordings, December 1969 and January 1970; title: Goodbye, Slim Harpo. An untimely death ; I just can't leave you ; Blues hangover ; They knew the blues ; Harpo's musicians ; The last of the old-time record men ; All about the music; title: The heritage blues. Festival time ; Baton Rouge blues jams ; Twenty-first-century blues ; The Slim Harpo awards ; The historic marker at Mulatto Bend ; My little queen bee ; The Baton Rouge blues? ; When all's said and done ; When the blues comes in.