Slim Harpo

Listen/Download – Slim Harpo – I’ve Got My Finger On Your Trigger MP3

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We close out the week here with something funky by the mighty Slim Harpo.

Slim, aka James Moore has been a huge favorite of mine since wayyyyy back in the day when my man Johnny Bluesman passed me a tape of Slim’s best stuff which good and flipped my wig.

Slim was one of those guys who is associated with the blues, but is something a little different, mixing sounds and styles in his own way, with a unique singing style.

He is best known for his earlier classics, like ‘Shake Your Hips’, ‘I’m a King Bee’, and ‘Baby Scratch My Back’, all of which became standards of the rock era.

By 1968 Slim was stretching out a little and working a little funk into the mix.

The funkiest of these tracks is ‘I’ve Got My Finger On Your Trigger’ (spelled ‘TRIGER’ on the label).

Written by Ben Keith, Billy Cox (of Hendrix’s ‘Band of Gypsys’) and Bob Wilson (all Nashville-associated music cats), ‘I’ve Got My Finger…’ combines a wah wah guitar, some very funky bass (Cox??) and a tight horn section.

Though it didn’t chart anywhere (though Slim was still having hits in 1968) is is one of his finest, and ought to be better known.

If you don’t have any Slim Harpo in your record box, go out and grab some. There’s plenty available in reissue, and it’s all good (really).

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Monday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

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