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The Excello Singles Anthology

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Slim Harpo is the coolest nerd to ever grace this earth. He looks ridged when he plays and has big thick black glasses but is pure cool on the inside. He plays early rock and roll and blues with a strong tremelo to his guitar, which would also be used by Bo Diddly around the same time. What makes Harpo cooler than Bo Diddly are his lyrics. At the time many of Harpo's songs were considered pornographic but this by no means holds true today. Key tracks include "Baby, Scratch My Back" for which he caught a lot of guff and "Shake Your Hips" which the Rolling Stones would later cover on their Exile on Main album. If you have heard the Stones version of that song then you have a good indicator of what Harpo sounds like. This is a great album that is more than worth the money. This is also the strongest collection of his work because it is all here. There are all his singles spanned over two discs.

He had a distinctive style and this CD has both his well- known and obscure recordings. If you're only going to get one CD by him, this is it.

Not as well known as some bluesmen but top notch and very good! Lyrics, music, and delivery very good. A must have if you are into blues.

i already had the album " the jay miller sessions" or whatever the name, so i had dug him previously. but i haven't had a record player so i got this, anyway long story short, this guy is the master of swamp blues. i'm sure there's other guy's doing this but i don't see how you could improve on this. i mean i'm a drummer & this dude lays down such a big fat groove, it's like man have i died & gone heaven. " rainin in my heart" is worth the price admission. it's like greasy!

this is a very nice 2 disc set. i really enjoy his cover of the johnny cash tune. it is different i like the original more but his is a nice change of pace. anyways if you get just the one slim harpo cd this is the set to get