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Memphis Slim

Title: Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have The Blues)

Label: Wolf Records

Cat No:BC008
Format:CD

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• This excellent 25-track compilation presents the best tracks from Memphis Slim’s classic 1940s output, including the famous title track “Nobody Loves Me” (‘Everyday I Have the Blues’) - which has been recorded by a wide spectrum of artists, from Ray Charles, B.B. King, Ella Fitzgerald & Mahalia Jackson to Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana and many others.

• Memphis Slim cut over 500 recordings and ranks with the greatest blues pianists of all time. He was also a fine singer, songwriter and guitarist, leading a series of jump-blues groups or performing solo.

• He made his first recordings for Bluebird Records in 1940, and worked with Big Bill Broonzy, John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson, Washboard Sam, and Jazz Gillum. He was recorded by folklorist Alan Lomax in 1947; and his "Messin' Around" reached number one on the R&B charts in 1948.

• John "Memphis Slim" Chatman was born on September 3, 1915, in Memphis, Tennessee; and died February 24, 1988, in Paris, France. He always maintained his legal name was Peter Chatman (his father’s name).

Track Listing for Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have The Blues)
1. Diggin’ My Potatoes No. 2
2. Miss Ora Lee Blues
3. Blue Evening blues
4. Blues At Midnight
5. Beer Drinkin’ Woman
6. Grinder Man Blues T1
7. Empty Room Blues
8. Old Taylor
9. I Believe I’ll Settle Down
10. Whiskey Store Blues
11. Whiskey And Gin blues
12. Lend Me Your Love T1
13. Mistake In Life
14. Grinder Man Blues T2
15. Slim’s Boogie
16. Little Mary
17. Rockin’ The House
18. Lend Me Your Love T2
19. Darling I Miss You
20. Harlem Bound
21. Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have The Blues) T1
22. Nobody Loves Me (Everyday I Have The Blues) T2
23. Help Me Some
24. Blue and Lonesome
25. Messin’ Around

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