Slim Harpo
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1924-01-11
- Active to
- 1970-01-31
Discography
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- Listeners
- 184,437
- Total plays
- 1,185,810
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Slim Harpo (11 January 1924 – 31 January 1970) was a blues musician. Born James Moore in Lobdel, Louisiana, the eldest in an orphaned family, Moore worked as a longshoreman and building worker during the late 1930s and early 1940s. One of the foremost proponents of post-war rural blues, he began performing in Baton Rouge bars under the name Harmonica Slim. He later accompanied Lightning Slim, his brother-in-law, both live and in the studio, before commencing his own recording career in 1957. <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of death
- Baton Rouge
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Blues Music Award
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- harmonica
- Record label
- Excello Records
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- date of birth
- 1924-01-11
- date of death
- 1970-01-31
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1950-00-00
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