In a message dated 15/08/01 23:18:16 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Memphis Slim is my favorite bluesman-weird, me being a guitar player. I'd love to hear anything you had to say about meeting him or seeing him perform. >> I saw him in Germany, Hannover to be precise. He was playing at a jazz festival, most of the other acts being English trad-type players, not very interesting to me. I'd dragged my friend Deidre along, and we were both mightily impressed: he had to be helped on stage, which didn't look that promising (we subsequently found out he'd had a stroke), but he could still play pretty well, and his voice was still very strong. We chased after them as they were leaving (it was him, his drummer George Collins and one other person, all in one car) and found out that they were playing in Bremen that evening. They said if we made it up there they'd get us in free. So, Deidre and I hitched up to Bremen and got in free! Then at the break they invited us back stage, and we shared some whisky, we each got a signed album, and the craic was good. It was one of those unforgettable days. Gotta go, I'll tell you the Champion Jack Dupree story next time... Azeem PS hope you don't mind my copying this to the list, I thought others might enjoy this little tale.
