Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge Martin Hawkins 416 Pages ISBN: # 978-0807164532 LSU Press 2016 James Moore, AKA, Slim Harpo, was a musician that existed at ground level. In his heyday, one ...

A roots-music scholar, a radio personality and two local musicians are the 2017 Slim Harpo Music Awards recipients. The ceremony and jam session are set for Thursday, Nov. 16, at the Time Out Lounge.

Last week’s Slim Harpo Music Awards brought Texas music stars Jimmie Vaughan and Lou Ann Barton to Baton Rouge. At Chelsea’s Café, honorees Vaughan and Barton graciously accepted their Slim Harpo ...

The 2022 Slim Harpo Music Awards will take place on March 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Phil Brady’s Bar & Grill in Baton Rouge. Named in honor of James Moore, the blues star from Baton Rouge who performed as ...

How many Slim Harpo recordings do you know? Perhaps you've heard "Raining in My Heart" (not the Buddy Holly tune), which made it to No. 34 on Billboard's pop chart in 1961; "Baby, Scratch My Back," ...

This is FRESH AIR. For a bluesman who didn't come from one of the usual places and who didn't sound much like any of the Chicago bluesman of the early 1950s, Slim Harpo not only had great success, but ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Bluesman Slim Harpo, born James Moore in Lobdell, La. passed away on Jan. 31, 1970. Today's midday music break goes out to Slim Harpo, the genius Louisiana guitar and harmonica player who blended ...

It was bitterly cold on a late December night in the late ’60s, and a blizzard was forecast when I went out to listen to Slim Harpo at Steve Paul’s Scene, a club on West 46th Street and 8th Avenue in ...

Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge Martin Hawkins 416 Pages ISBN: # 978-0807164532 LSU Press 2016 James Moore, AKA, Slim Harpo, was a musician that existed at ground level. In his heyday, one ...

I’ve been a longtime fan of the down-home, Chicago-style rhythm and blues, which is why I’m so pleased that Slim Harpo (James Moore) is having such incredible pop success with this, his latest single.

The Slim Harpo 'Lovell' ES-330 is available in Vintage Sunset Burst, featuring a three-ply maple/poplar/maple top, back and sides with spruce bracing, a mahogany neck with a rounded C-shape neck ...