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Article: OBITUARY : Sunnyland Slim
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 21, 1995
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Sunnyland Slim, the Missouri-born blues pianist, introduced
Muddy Waters to the Chess Brothers, Phil and Len, sparking off the
explosion in Chicago blues recording which led to the rock 'n' roll
of the Rolling Stones; Slim's death breaks a significant link with
the past.
Though not himself a great innovator, with a rolling,
church-based piano style closer to the music's rural roots, Slim
probably did more to drag its music into the urban, electrified age
than any other single musician. He also helped the Chess brothers
to realise that the future of the black music they loved lay not
with the sophisticated acts like Ella Fitzgerald and Billy
Eckstine, who performed at the Macomba supper ...