Bumble Bee Slim

Bumble Bee Slim

Infobox musical artist
Name = Bumble Bee Slim


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Amos Easton
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Born = Birth date|1905|5|7 Brunswick, Georgia, U.S.
Origin = Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Died = Death date and age|1968|6|8|1905|5|7 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Instrument = Vocals, guitar
Genre = Blues
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Label = Paramount, Vocalion, Decca, Bluebird
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Amos Easton (May 7 1905 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:kifoxq95ldje~T1 All Music Guide biography] ] — June 8 1968), better known by the stage name Bumble Bee Slim, was a best-selling blues artist in the 1930s.

Biography

Easton was born in Brunswick, Georgia. Around 1920 he left home to join the Ringling Brothers' circus before returning to Georgia, marrying briefly, and then heading north on a freight train to Indianapolis where he settled in 1928. There, he met and was influenced by pianist Leroy Carr and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell.

By 1931 he had moved to Chicago, where he first recorded as Bumble Bee Slim for Paramount Records. The following year his song, "B&O Blues", was a hit for Vocalion Records, inspiring a number of other railroad blues and eventually becoming a popular folk song. Over the next five years he recorded over 150 songs for the Decca, Bluebird and Vocalion labels, often accompanied by other musicians such as Big Bill Broonzy, Peetie Wheatstraw, Tampa Red, Memphis Minnie, and Washboard Sam.

In contrast to the emotive songs of many earlier blues performers, Slim's material and vocal delivery were relaxed, light and often humorous, an approach welcomed by many listeners during the Great Depression. He became one of the best-selling blues artists of the 1930s, and his recordings exemplify the beginnings of the Chicago blues, retaining elements of earlier styles while anticipating later more polished urban sounds.

In 1937 he returned to Georgia, then relocated to Los Angeles, California, in the early 1940s, apparently hoping to break into motion pictures as a songwriter and comedian. During the 1950s he recorded several albums, but these had little impact. He recorded his last album in 1962 for the Pacific Jazz label. [ [http://facstaff.unca.edu/sinclair/piedmontblues/bumble_bee.html East Coast Piemont Blues website - accessed February 2008] ]

He continued to perform in clubs around Los Angeles until his death in 1968. [ [http://thebluestrail.com/artists/mus_bbslim.htm The Blues Trail website mini-biography] ]

ee also

*List of blues musicians
*List of Piedmont blues musicians
*List of Country blues musicians

References

*Zolten, Jerry (September/October 1997). "The Rough and Rugged Road of Bumble Bee Slim". "Living Blues" #135.

External links

* [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/TheArts/Music/Blues/IndividualArtistsandMusicalGroup&id=h-1656 New Georgia Encyclopedia article]
*Allmusic|11:byh9kezt7q70~T1


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