Track Listings
1. When I Was Young
2. Bassology
3. Worried About My Baby
4. Down Home Child
5. Sunnyland Special
6. Mary Lee
7. Leaving Your Town (No Name Blues)
8. Shake It Baby
9. Woman Trouble (Overnite)
10. City of New Orleans
11. That Woman
12. Four Day Bounce
13. Highway 61
14. It's You Baby
15. Highway 61 [Take 1]
16. Highway 61 [Take 2]
17. Highway 61 [Take 3]
18. Blues
Sunnyland Slim Biography
Albert "Sunnyland Slim" Luandrew (September 5,
1907–1995), was a blues pianist born on a farm near
Vance, Mississippi. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1925,
where he performed with many of the popular blues musicians
of the day.
In 1942 he followed the great migration of southern workers
to the industrial north in Chicago. At that time the electric
blues was taking shape there, and through the years Sunnyland
Slim played with such musicians
as Muddy Waters, Robert Jr. Lockwood, and Little Walter.
His style is characterised by heavy chords in the right
hand.
He began recording in 1946 (his first solo date was in 1947)
and continued performing until his death aged 88.
He released one record on RCA Victor using the moniker Dr.
Clayton's Buddy: "Illinois Central" b/w "Sweet
Lucy Blues" (Victor 20-2733).
In 1988 he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship.
His influence as one of the most influencial blues pianists
is still felt today, as the Chicago Blues Festival often
holds tributes to Sunnyland Slim.
