European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Profile Memphis slim a Long Way from Beale St. Biohn Windrow Magazine editor about 1 5 years ago  while the Superb blues Singer did .1 concert in Columbia ., for ,1 few Hundred dollars he is Down on his us a living in .1 housing pc decl in Memphis tenn., and was Happy to gel the work. While rude a greyhound bus ill nigh slept most of i he  and performed the next night. In the evening before of show he Sal around the apartment of some College title drinking Beer in his Dingy undershirt ill telling Lales about his Days As a sharecropper a has Euirl , a Boxer ind the rime he spent at Parchman the infamous Mississippi penal farm. While tie was getting ready for the show he pulled a dazzling Silver sequined shirt from his battered suitcase ii had Long collars ruffles and great floppy French cuffs. Pukka one of the kids said where in the world did you get thai shirt " White flashed a Grin that showed every i ooh in his head. Memphis slim sent in to  from Paris in said proudly i got a Gold one full like it at  Many excellent blues artists have come from the Memphis area or lived there Jim Lack son Frank Stokes Memphis Minnie furry Lewis Noah Lewis Sonny Hoy Williamson sleepy John Esles Hammie Nixon and pukka White. . Handy the father of the Blu i made the City famous Wilh his Berle Street Bluet. If Beale Street could talk if Bea Cstreet could talk married men would he pc to Lake their bed it Tel  except one or two who nearer drink booze and the by incl  on rhe Corner who sings the Beale Street blues All of those artist s Are dead anal most oath Emried broke. Bui the piano player Peter Chat Man Memphis slim is Withus Yel alive and doing Well in Paris. A Small crowd turned out to hear him play at the. Luxor Kino in Stew Elzinger German saturday. They d Tome to see a Piet e of living american music history. Slim was born in Memphis in 1015, he year after Handy wrote the St. Louis blues. He played in Memphis until the late Jos when he went North like so Many before and after him in the great Black wave  carried the blues up from Memphis ind Misi ii Sippi la Chicago. He played in Vii rious Chicago dubs with musicians like Willie Divon Roosevelt sync i Litak Brallior Montgomery Mii big Bill Broon a. It was influence i by ill r f them but Clev Elope j his own rousing driving two handed style. He  written hurl i is of blues songs and recorded Many times Simc of in to Lite old Bluebird he Man Lite Bli irl Toh the easily  atm Priis slim pounding out the blues at the i a or in Shwetz Lingva. Bar Tami photo by a Well Patch of while in his hair he looked stronger and More vital silting at the . He played a few slow numbers and suddenly sprang into Niina Rwy Corr Koll she s a tilth Hilly a m., you Knaw Ste s Buill it if set erf she Jhaj i of no Mew icy but Evl Ryt Liing else i Muti the crowd almost  by the volume and Pound Iii Ghyll in responded lustily. Then he trilled thu keys and told a few Bawdy jokes. Once upon a Lime i had a nit e Jirl. Oni e upon a girl i had .1 Nice  after the laughter that was t Shakespeare  was Memphis slim. You know Champion Jack Dupree was an Lullio Rily on  slim pounded the piano suddenly and yelled two Beers or nol two Beers during the break he said ii did t want to be interviewed but dialled a Little anyway. He said he planned logo Back to the slates soon on tour. Ill be going Back there pretty soon i always in the.  he and Collier talked about where to Pul their Bol Leof Johnnie Walker. Collier laughed and said he was Goins to be 5li this year. I like shul Black Label he said laughing slim said he did t want to Lalk much because he was saving everything for his Book. Whal would he Call in i think i Gonna Call it i he truth " he said. Somebody asked slim if he was going to play Kansas City Nurmi the second Sel. Slim said he Mihl. For years slim of a stage show called " j he Kiry of the blues a sort of combination lecture concern where he played Sang and talked about the blues. Booking agent Ron Ringwood said it was wonderful to hear slim sing Kew Sas City Lukca history lesson wish slim playing the song in the styles of various i lists As n developed one of them being As Lilile Willie Lille Fichtl. He Lulu a Story Aboul a concert where slim was on lie is int card with Lillefield both of them Well known for their versions of Kansas City. Slim Ringwood said made sure he played his  during the second set Stein did Plavil. Talking about Memphis guitar Fil ayur Jim Jackson who slim said Rolu the original version. 1 Hen he player he old song in varying styles touching on Pele Johnson tiny Brown big of Turner and Lillefield. He Sang in loud and he s. l Long and for .1 Lille Lime in seemed his voice was As Rich ind full As Ever. The crowd was a Little awed listening to his Proe a Bawdy blues  who d been playing in joints like the yellow fran Ami Pep wee s on  Street before most of them were born if it was a history lesson in a is Liv Jig history not the stale Dusty stuff thai history books Are Ide of. / Ives first on i i strip it and then on Tea a / ims looking for that gel they Call Lucille she done moved to o jmj s City i be played rain songs by Roosevilt sync Sand songs by Lille brother Montgomery about walking All night with his .44 in his hand. Once after a Long Solo by Collier slim had of ask him what song they were playing. He ended appropriately enough with a Gospin j number. Take  hand precious lord thai was very moving and Ilien before anyone could feel Loo melancholy broke into drinking wine so Dee oct drinking wine. The crowd yelled for an encore but slim had Hobbard off with his Slick and did t feel like coming Back on.  went on stage and fold he crowd Memphis slim loved them All anyway. Backstage a girl from Finland asked him for an autograph i coming from Finland to see you she said with a Giggle. Well i coming by k to see you slim said. She  she had seen slim play in Finland. Slim said yes he remembered , the land of the Long dark Winters remembered driving around in the daytime with his headlights on. It d be Nice to be in Finland with .1 blonde and no lights slim said Wilh a wicked Grin. She giggled again. Then it was done one More Lime like hundreds thou Santos of Oiler times. Someone asked slim Why he still toured so hard. Thai s  life slim said. Thai s not  Afler the our hell in to his Home in Paris people on the jazz circuit  he often shows up in j Rolls. He is ill plays regularly it be Petit journal on Boulevard Saint Maliel. It s Nice that at least one of those ult Memphis jiul a players Isert l broke. Set Memphis slim i Fow if it jul a in on , i i i i Mil 15. 20 Striff May 2\, 1987