Sunnyland Slim
Sunnyland Slim ( born September 5, 1907 in Vance, Mississippi, † March 17, 1995 in Chicago as Albert Luandrew ) was an influential American blues pianist and singer.
In the late 1920s Sunnyland Slim moved to Memphis to earn money as a pianist his livelihood. On Beale Street, he played with Little Brother Montgomery and Ma Rainey.
In 1939 he went to Chicago, where he played with Sonny Boy Williamson I.. In 1947 he made recordings under the name "Doctor Clayton 's Buddy ". He took for J.O.B. Records and played on Muddy Waters ' plates in the late 1940s as an accompanist, so for the short-lived label Tempo - Tone. Sunnyland Slim was injured in a knife in the hand, so that some fingers declining as some of the original movement ability, but he was still a sought-after accompanist. In 1962 he published on Prestige Records, a LP. It was followed by numerous recordings for various labels over time.
In the 1960s he played with King Curtis, went with Otis Rush on tour and traveled with the American Folk Blues Festival in 1964 and the Chicago All Stars 1968 by Europe. The Allstars consisted of Willie Dixon on bass, Clifton James on drums, Walter Horton on the blues harp and Johnnie Shines on guitar. This occupation made in 1968 for BASF recordings that was released on LP in the same year. The Allstars had far less success than in Europe, which led to the dissolution of the band a short time later in the USA. In 1970 he joined the Ann Arbor Blues Festival on. At the same time he took for BEE & Baby Records in Chicago a couple of singles on either under his name or those of Homesick James (vocals & slide guitar ) or by Andrew McMahon ( Voc & Bass ). 1972 he has been heard as a sideman on a live Howling Wolf LP Chess Company. 1980/81 Sunnyland toured with the AFBF. Even in old age played Sunnyland Slim still at concerts in Chicago and gave young and old talents as performance opportunities.
Sunnyland Slim died in 1995 after some serious diseases of kidney failure. In 1991 he was accepted into the Blues Hall of Fame.