Guitar Slim Jr. (born Rodney Glenn Armstrong, August 24, 1952, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States)[2] is an American New Orleans blues guitarist and singer. Over his lengthy playing career, he has worked with numerous other blues musicians. His debut album, Story of My Life (1988), was nominated for a Grammy Award.[1]
Guitar Slim Jr.
Birth name
Rodney Glenn Armstrong
Born
(1952-08-24) August 24, 1952 (age 71) New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Guitar Slim Jr., has worked for many years on the New Orleans blues club circuit, and his repertoire became more reliant on his father's material.[4] His debut album, recorded in 1988, Story of My Life, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album in 1989.[1] New Orleans music historian Jeff Hannusch stated in the sleeve notes for that album that Slim Jr. "has been a fixture on the black New Orleans club circuit for the better part of 20 years...[but] doesn't get to play the posher uptown clubs."[1]
He toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan in the late 1980s, and they remained friends until the Vaughan's death in 1990.[5] Slim's 1996 release, Nothing Nice, featured the Memphis Horns.[6]
His most recent recorded work was the 2010 album Brought Up the Hardway.[5]
^Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 184. ISBN978-0313344237.
^. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved November 25, 2006.
^"Biography by Bill Dahl". AllMusic. Retrieved June 1, 2009.
^ abc"Guitar Slim, Jr. Biography". Guitarslimjr.com. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
^"Nothing Nice". AllMusic. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
^"New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2011". Guitarslimjr.com. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
^"Guitar Slim, Jr. | Album Discography". AllMusic. July 30, 1996. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
External linksedit
Official website
Images at google.co.uk
April 10, 2024
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