Lightnin' Slim
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Death | 50 years ago |
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Date of birth | March 13,1913 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | St. Louis |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Date of died | July 27,1974 |
Died | Detroit |
Michigan | |
United States | |
Full name | Otis Verries Hicks |
Albums | High And Low Down |
London Gumbo | |
Blue Lightning | |
Record labels | Excello Records |
Flyright Records | |
Stateside Records | |
Ace Records | |
Alive Naturalsound Records | |
Job | Singer |
Instruments | Guitar |
Vocal | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 617427 |
Lightnin' Slim Life story
Otis Verries Hicks, known as Lightnin' Slim, was an American blues musician who played Louisiana blues and swamp blues for Excello Records. The blues critic ED Denson ranked him as one of the five great bluesmen of the 1950s, along with Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson.