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October 10, 2014 by tomdalzell

Album Covers – Singers Named Slim

It started out innocently.  My friend and I watched Dr. Strangelove one night.  We have watched it many times together.

Dr. StrangeloveOf all the fine performances in the movie, the performance of Slim Pickens was my friend’s favorite.  He happened to mention this to Gabby.  A week later a carton arrived, full of record albums.  Gabby is that way.  You just mention something and you never know what he might have.

On the top of stack was a Slim Pickins album.

slimpickins454641The careful reader will see that this is Pickins not Pickens, so not our Slim.  But in the carton were many other Slims. They were:

Georgia Slim Rutland:

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Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones, 1926-1959, New Orleans):

$_35 51ig9jlciWL 1398785748_folder 1401517945_22 Guitar+Slim+-+Greensboro+Rounder+-+LP+RECORD-573873 Guitar+Slim+-+The+Things+I+Used+To+Do+-+LP+RECORD-534118 MI0000151788 Various-50s-Rock+&+Roll-Rockabilly+-+Going+Back+To+New+Orleans+-+LP+RECORD-488111Harmonica Slim (Travis L. Blaylock, Texarkana):

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Langhorne Slim (Sean Scolnik):

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Lightnin’ Slim (Otis Hicks, 1913-1974 Baton Rouge):

69 1403712870_imini Fly12-Front Fly27-Front IGOCD_2002 lightbr1311221418212340 lightnin_slim_-_king_of_the_louisiana_swamp_blues Lightnin_Slim Lightnin'+Slim+-+Bell+Ringer+-+LP+RECORD-373244 Lightnin'+Slim+-+High+&+Low+Down+-+LP+RECORD-536409 Lightnin'+Slim+-+London+Gumbo+-+LP+RECORD-495514 Lightnin'+Slim+-+Rooster+Blues+-+LP+RECORD-527830 lightninsli_highlowdo_102b lightninsli_imevilrar_101b lightninsli_roosterbl_102b MI0000219482 rooster front

Magic Slim (1937-2013, Grenada, Mississippi)

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Memphis Slim (John Chatman, 1915-1988, Memphis):

300_album_1861 1353361519_500front AVER-3007 chess1455 memphis slim - blue this evening cover Memphis Slim Album Artwork memphis_slim_i_find_blues_everywhere memphis_slim_worlds_foremost_blues_singer Memphis-Slim-Broken-Soul-Blues-527853 memphis-slim-memphis-slim-usa-album-cover-45977 Memphis+Slim+-+Boogie+Woogie+Piano+-+I+Love+Jazz+-+LP+RECORD-512426 Memphis+Slim+-+Rock+Me+Baby!+-+LP+RECORD-530981 Memphis+Slim+-+Steady+Rolling+Blues+-+LP+RECORD-404881 Memphis+Slim+-+The+World's+Foremost+Blues+Singer+-+LP+RECORD-504541 Memphis+Slim+-+Together+Again+One+More+Time+-+LP+RECORD-496706 MEMPHISHEAT memphisslim_atthegate_101bMiscellaneous Slims:

1324190537_ndprgim0825b Carolina Slim Mississippi Slim 1 Mississippi Slim 2MI000038656261R9NPzG2yL Texas Slim 1Montana Slim (Wilf Carter,  1904-1996, Nova Scotia):

Wilf+Carter+-+Montana+Slim+-+LP+RECORD-466682 slim1939book00t montana_slim-greatest_hits cover 51+iTXMM77L._SX300_

Sarasota Slim:

21VT5TKQZCL._SS135_SL160_ 61dJfXzcy8L._SS135_SL160_ gfPhJ Local_Blues_Talent_of_Florida_Sarasota_Slim_CD_3 SS-GUGD

Slim Dusty (David Gordon Kirpatrick, 1927-2003, Australia)

51O4DrUB+ML 61ZKPKZNGEL 2193_zpsb77a0167 Dinki Di Aussies, Slim Dusty dustyaussiesingsong MI0000661416 MI0001833066 pubstrucksandplains reunion final album art slim-dusty slimdusty435096 SlimDustyEPSm SlimDustyLookingForwardLookingBack Songs-From-The-Cattle-Camps-Remastered tUYUlhI Unknown-3 UnknownSlim Gaillard (1918-1991)

80 300105_1_f 1395761744_069ecd74ece902ec637320e34e8d5e16 Cover gailla_slim_mishmash1_101s gailla_slim_slimgaill_102b gailla_slim_slimslamt_101b img_1212 IMG_3402.jpg~original laughing MI0000216440 MI0001704467 MI0002355065 MI0002467269 SJ091_-_Slim_Gaillard_Slam_Stewart_-_The_Flat_Foot_Floogee_1938.170x170-75 slim_gaillard_featuring_buddy_tate_and_jay_mcsh-anytime._anyplace._anywhere slim_gaillard-at_birdland slim_gaillard-trio._quartet_orchestra_-_los_angeles_1945 slim-gaillard-and-bam-brown-introduzione-pianissimo-softly-most-softly-disc-78 slim-gaillard-lp Slim-Gaillard-McVouty--Son-Of-M-520235 Slim-Gaillard-Tuitti-Fruitti-374921 Slim+Gaillard+-+Opera+In+Vout+-+LP+RECORD-513128 Unknown

Slim Harpo (James Issac Moore, 1924-1970, Baton Rouge)

41D5N5A2NPL 933437 1318652869_p5des05yquqs 1318655916_zvndmx8m3acb 1366106855_334_slim_harpo b000026a9f best-of-slim-harpo-C CD1627SLIM_HARPO-TIP_ON_IT-front ExcelloRockersEPA harpo_slim~_rainingin_101b slim_harpo-slim_harpo_knew_the_blues(vogue) Slim+Harpo+-+Blues+Hangover+-+LP+RECORD-587335 Slim+Harpo+-+Rainin'+In+My+Heart+-+LP+RECORD-550883 SlimHarpo-Hits-frontSmall slimharpo SlimHarpoTipOnIn-CDC Sting It Then! Unknown

Slim Sandy:

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Slim Whitman (Otis Dewey Whitman, 1923-2013, Tampa):

1c700bf1-9650-4b21-b874-fe027cadc134-0.JPG 41BMG1R3P5L 512 2155_zps1f64c9d8 3390b864-3ce2-4b96-8c21-ddff6698e26e-0.JPG 194316_5_ 1130733 114216808 1293400603 c57821ubi6y cw195 e17206uhg2o ELP_1670 Home_on_the_Range ia001914 IMG_6476 MI0002764007 OLP_3413 Screen Shot 2014-09-03 at 5.28.37 AM Slim Whitman cover slim_whitman-guess_who slim_whitman-in_love_the_whitman_way slim_whitman-its_a_sin_to_tell_a_lie slim_whitman-the_very_best_of slim_whitman-tomorrow_never_comes Slim-Whitman-20-Greatest-Love-534539 Slim-Whitman-And-His-Singing-G-548676 Slim+Whitman+-+15th+Anniversary+Album+-+LP+RECORD-302782 Slim+Whitman+-+A+Time+For+Love+-+LP+RECORD-534414 Slim+Whitman+-+Birmingham+Jail+-+LP+RECORD-449729 Slim+Whitman+-+Country+Classics+-+LP+RECORD-450132 Slim+Whitman+-+Happy+Anniversary+-+LP+RECORD-304670 Slim+Whitman+-+I'm+A+Lonely+Wanderer+-+LP+RECORD-547182 Slim+Whitman+-+Irish+Songs+The+Slim+Whitman+Way+-+LP+RECORD-303275 Slim+Whitman+-+Rose+Marie+And+Other+Love+Songs+-+LP+RECORD-419387 Slim+Whitman+-+Songs+I+Love+To+Sing+-+LP+RECORD-438225 Slim+Whitman+-+Straight+From+The+Heart+-+LP+RECORD-303285 Slim+Whitman+-+The+Essential+-+TRIPLE+CD-467018 Slim+Whitman+-+The+Slim+Whitman+Story+-+VINYL+BOX+SET-426393 Slim+Whitman+-+The+Very+Best+Of+-+CD+ALBUM-504337 slimwca13101137362620 slimwhitman-redrivervalley slimwhitman424593 sw - lp - slim whitman sings (vol 1) (1959) london ha-p 2139 a WTF-Bad-Album-covers-Slim-WhitmanSlim Willet (Winston Lee Moore, 1919-1966, Abilene):

41Jv72oLQPL._SL160_ MI0002151976Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrow, 1906-1995, Mississippi and Chicago):

691875 Legendary-Bop-Rhythm-Blues-Classics-Sunnyland-Slim-Digitally-Remastered MI0000080487 MI0000189308 MI0001504320 MI0001644079 sunnyland_slim-blues_roots_vol._9_-_sad_and_lonesome_blues sunnyland_slim Sunnyland-Slim-Anthologie-Du-Blu-373957 Sunnyland-Slim-Slims-Got-His-Thi-536353 Sunnyland+Slim+-+Decoration+Day+-+LP+RECORD-534395 Sunnyland+Slim+-+Midnight+Jump+-+EX+-+LP+RECORD-399510 Sunnyland+Slim+-+The+Legacy+Of+The+Blues+Vol.+II+-+LP+RECORD-545697 Various-Blues+&+Gospel+-+Chicago+Ain't+Nothin'+But+A+Blues+Band+-+LP+RECORD-546185Watermelon Slim (Bill Homans):

96 512sb2ER06L._SL290_ MI0000417537 Watermelon Slim & The Workers1 Watermelon-Slim-and-The-Workers--Bull-Goose-Rooster Watermelon-Slim-CDYodeling Slim Clark (Raymond LeRoy Clark, 1917-2000, Massachusetts and Maine):

$T2eC16Z,!yME9s5qHtKiBRO++d7C2g~~60_35 268629 Cowboy Songs  — Yodeling Slim Clark And His Guitar album1 cover mk48c1OGQPKj8n4IXGAPJGQ yodelingslimclark-famouscowboysongs(1)

 

I went through the entire carton with my friend.  He was bound to listen to many of these albums, but I doubt that even he could make it through all the Slim Whitman albums.

“One thing about Gabby that you gotta respect,” said my friend.  “He didn’t include any M and M and his Slim Shady nonsense.”

“I told think that it is M and M but I know what you mean.  I agree.”

What about all these singers named Slim?

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