Memphis Slim – Chatman Corner (2011)

01 – Beer Drinking Woman
02 – Empty Room Blues				play
03 – Grinder Man Blues
04 – You Got To Help Me Some
05 – I See My Great Mistake
06 – Old Taylor						play
07 – I Believe I’ll Settle Down
08 – Diggin’ My Potatos No. 2
09 – Maybe I’ll Loan You A Dime
10 – This Life I’m Living
11 – You Didn’t Mean Me No Good
12 – You Gonna Worry Too
13 – Two Of A Kind
14 – Lend Me Your Love
15 – Jaspar’s Gal
16 – Caught The Old Coon At Last

Personnel :
Memphis Slim (Peter Chatman)

An amazingly prolific artist who brought a brisk air of urban sophistication to his frequently stunning presentation, John “Peter” Chatman — better known as Memphis Slim — assuredly ranks with the greatest blues pianists of all time. He was smart enough to take Big Bill Broonzy’s early advice about developing a style to call his own to heart, instead of imitating that of his idol, Roosevelt Sykes. Soon enough, other 88s pounders were copying Slim rather than the other way around; his thundering ivories attack set him apart from most of his contemporaries, while his deeply burnished voice possessed a commanding authority.

As befits his stage name, John “Peter” Chatman was born and raised in Memphis; a great place to commit to a career as a bluesman. Sometime in the late ’30s, he resettled in Chicago and began recording as a leader in 1939 for OKeh, then switched over to Bluebird the next year. Around the same time, Slim joined forces with Broonzy, then the dominant force on the local blues scene. After serving as Broonzy’s invaluable accompanist for a few years, Slim emerged as his own man in 1944. ---Bill Dahl

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