Memphis Slim would take the Blues to places it never imagined. He was a prolific author of many enduring classics of the Blues lexicon, including “Mother Earth,” “Everyday I Have the Blues,” and ...

For years, the historic home of blues artist Memphis Slim, just a block away from the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, could have inspired a blues song itself. A fallen tree leaned onto the wide ...

Craft Recordings and Bluesville bring Memphis Slim and Furry Lewis back on 180g vinyl with remastered sound and original liner notes. If you’re already sweating through your shirt and regretting every ...

Memphis Slim’s At The Gate of Horn gets a Bluesville vinyl reissue that’ll make your crusty old copy cry. Tip the piano man—and your mail carrier. If you’re already drenched in sweat and questioning ...

John Len Chatman (September 3, 1915 – February 24, 1988), known professionally as Memphis Slim, was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the ...