Vinyl records

Lightning Slim vinyl records

2 albums with 25 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Otis Verries Hicks. American blues musician who played Louisiana blues and swamp blues, known as Lightnin' Slim. Born: March 13, 1913 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA Died: July 27, 1974 in Detroit, Michigan, USA Slim was taught guitar by his older brother Layfield, by the late 1940s he already playing in bars in Baton Rouge. His first recording was "Bad Luck Blues", released by J.D. Miller's in 1954. Miller gave him the stage name "Lightnin' Slim". Slim then recorded for Excello Records for twelve years, starting in the mid-1950s, often collaborating with his brother-in-law Slim Harpo and with the harmonica player Lazy Lester.