Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (934 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0807164534 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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This engaging narrative examines Harpo s various recording sessions and provides a detailed discography, as well as a list of blues-related records by fellow Baton Rouge artists. In the only complete biography of this internationally renowned blues singer and musician, Martin Hawkins traces Harpo s rural upbringing near Louisiana s capital, his professional development fostered by the local music scene, and his national success with R&B hits like Rainin in My Heart, Baby Scratch My Back, and I
Stuart Jefferson said THE MOST IN DEPTH LOOK AT HARPO ALONG WITH THE "SWAMP-BLUES" STYLE FROM LOUISIANA.. "What's the point in listening to us doing 'I'm A King Bee' when you can hear Slim Harpo do it?" Mick Jagger.Martin Hawkins is certainly qualified to write about Harpo. His book "A Shot In The Dark: Making Records In Nashville 19THE MOST IN DEPTH LOOK AT HARPO ALONG WITH THE "SWAMP-BLUES" STYLE FROM LOUISIANA. Stuart Jefferson "What's the point in listening to us doing 'I'm A King Bee' when you can hear Slim Harpo do it?" Mick Jagger.Martin Hawkins is certainly qualified to write about Harpo. His book "A Shot In The Dark: Making Records In Nashville 1943-1955", and (with Colin Escott) "Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll" are both well worth reading. He's also written many liner notes and articles on the blues. This book largely came about in connection with Hawkins' work on a huge Harpo set on Bear Family Records.The book traces Harpo's life from his early days, his development as a musician, his regional, national, and then inte. THE MOST IN DEPTH LOOK AT HARPO ALONG WITH THE "SWAMP-BLUES" STYLE FROM LOUISIANA. "What's the point in listening to us doing 'I'm A King Bee' when you can hear Slim Harpo do it?" Mick Jagger.Martin Hawkins is certainly qualified to write about Harpo. His book "A Shot In The Dark: Making Records In Nashville 19THE MOST IN DEPTH LOOK AT HARPO ALONG WITH THE "SWAMP-BLUES" STYLE FROM LOUISIANA. Stuart Jefferson "What's the point in listening to us doing 'I'm A King Bee' when you can hear Slim Harpo do it?" Mick Jagger.Martin Hawkins is certainly qualified to write about Harpo. His book "A Shot In The Dark: Making Records In Nashville 1943-1955", and (with Colin Escott) "Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll" are both well worth reading. He's also written many liner notes and articles on the blues. This book largely came about in connection with Hawkins' work on a huge Harpo set on Bear Family Records.The book traces Harpo's life from his early days, his development as a musician, his regional, national, and then inte. 3-1955", and (with Colin Escott) "Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll" are both well worth reading. He's also written many liner notes and articles on the blues. This book largely came about in connection with Hawkins' work on a huge Harpo set on Bear Family Records.The book traces Harpo's life from his early days, his development as a musician, his regional, national, and then inte. -1955", and (with Colin Escott) "Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll" are both well worth reading. He's also written many liner notes and articles on the blues. This book largely came about in connection with Hawkins' work on a huge Harpo set on Bear Family Records.The book traces Harpo's life from his early days, his development as a musician, his regional, national, and then inte. Four Stars Pretty good. Could have gone a little deeper into JD Miller and the Excello artists.. Five Stars William Lee Bates Jr. Great book!!
Working from the fragmentary information that exists about the late Baton Rouge musician, Hawkins tells Harpo's story while simultaneously describing the hard world from which he came. ''Hawkins applies a scholar's detail and a fan's affection to his exhaustively researched Harpo history. His thoroughly researched, painstakingly written and richly illustrated Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge instantly joins the relatively small list of essential books about post-1950 Louisiana musicians.''--Offbeat''Hawkins' well-researched book (complete with some fascinating vintage ph
. MARTIN HAWKINS, author of A Shot in the Dark: Making Records in Nashville, 1945 1955 and, with Colin Escott, Good Rockin Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock n Roll, has written over four hundred magazine articles, LP sleeve notes, and CD booklets on roots music since 1971