CAROLINA SLIM

Aquest músic conegut com CAROLINA SLIM, es deie en realitat EDWARD P.HARRIS., encara que en algún lloc figuri Edward P- Hughes , peró no tant sols aixó si no que ademés va actuar amb noms diversos com Jammin' Jim, Country Paul and Lazy Slim . va agafar tota la seva inspiració de Blind Boy Fuller i el seu Ragtime-Blues, aquí teniu unes mostres de la seva manera de tocar i cantar , així como una petita bio treta de la Wikipedia. 

Carolina Slim (August 22, 1923 – October 22, 1953) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer His best known tracks were "Black Cat Trail" and "I'll Never Walk in Your Door". He used various pseudonyms during his relatively brief recording career, including Country Paul, Jammin' Jim, Lazy Slim Jim and Paul Howard. In total he recorded 27 songs, but details of his life outside of his music career are scant, and the exact reasons concerning the usage of differing names are also unclear.

Carolina Slim was born Edward P. Harris , North Carolina, United States. He learned to play the guitar from his father, and was influenced by Lightnin' Hopkins and Blind Boy Fuller He later found work as an itinerant musician around Durham, North Carolina

In 1950, he relocated to Newark, New Jersey, and made his recording debut for the Savoy label, billed as Carolina Slim. His first single was "Black Chariot Blues" b/w "Mama's Boogie", recorded on July 24, 1950, and released on Acorn Records (Acorn 3015), a subsidiary of Savoy.In 1951 and 1952, he recorded eight tracks for the King label in New York, this time using the name of Country Paul. Henry Glover met Slim at these recordings, and later commented that Slim was "a very sickly young man at the time".Slim's style blended Piedmont blues, prominent in songs such as "Carolina Boogie" and his cover version of Fuller's "Rag Mama Rag", with the influence of Hopkins meaning that he increasingly veered towards Texas blues. Occasionally, Slim incorporated a washboard as well as his more regular guitar, as if to emphasise his Carolina rootstock

His recordings were not hugely popular, but sold in sufficient amounts for him to retain his recording contract. In June 1952, Slim recorded four more tracks for Savoy, but these were to be his final offerings.

Carolina Slim died in Newark, New Jersey, from a heart attack suffered whilst undergoing surgery for a back complaint. He was 30 years old

In 1994, Document released a compilation album, Complete Recorded Works 1950-1952, which incorporated all of his 27 tracks

                   

                                                                                    
                                 


Carolina Slim (Ed Harris):Vocals & Guitar

Recorded in New York City, N.Y. Friday, April 11, 1952

Originally issued on the 1952 single (King 4560) (78 RPM)


This recording taken from the 1993 album "Carolina Slim 1950-1952" (CD) (Austria)


                            

Composed by Ed Harris

Edward P. Harris was born in Leasburg, North Carolina on August 22, 1923. He worked around the tobacco fields in the Durham region, playing and singing for tips in his youth. His main influences were Blind Boy Fuller & Lightnin' Hopkins. He was discovered at the age of seventeen and was signed to record for the Acorn subsidiary of Savoy Records. Harris made several recordings for Acorn, King & Savoy in his brief tenure as a recording musician, and recorded under several pseudonyms, including Jammin' Jim, Country Paul, Paul Howard, Lazy Slim Jim, & Georgia Pine. On October 22, 1953, he entered the St. James Hospital in Newark, New Jersey for back surgery where he suffered a heart attack on the operating table and passed away at the age of 30. 

Ed Harris (Carolina Slim):Vocals & Guitar

Recorded in New York City, N.Y. March 22, 1951

Originally issued on the 1951 single (Acorn 323) (78 RPM)

This recording taken from the 1993 CD "Carolina Slim (1950-1952)"