Fillmore Slim - The Legend Of Fillmore Slim

Size: 432 MB
Time: 67:34
File: Flac
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. The Legend Of Fillmore Slim (5:18)
2. Trapped By The Devil (4:58)
3. Nosey Woman (7:41)
4. Love For The Third Time (4:31)
5. Hey Little Brother (4:27)
6. Watch Yo' Self (3:53)
7. Jack You Up (4:53)
8. My Friend Blue (4:08)
9. Vegetable Man Intro (0:17)
10. Vegetable Man (8:58)
11. She Don't Love Me (5:30)
12. Blues From The Heart (7:57)
13. Tired Of My Old Lady (4:23)
14. Legend Of Filmore Slim Intro (0:33)

The dude is complex. He’s a love bandit, Cadillac craver, sidewalk poet, pimp extraordinaire, ex-con, eager entertainer, velvet-wrapped urban legend, and, above all, bluesman. Fillmore Slim is all that. T-Bone, B.B., and compadre Johnny Guitar Watson could vouch for him. Ice-T, Ice Cube and Snoop Dogg have name-checked him. Etta James called him her first boyfriend. Others still call him the Godfather of Hip Hop or the West Coast Godfather of the Game. He’s bucked the straight and narrow. He’s lived to transcribe it (the tell-all Blues Man Mack: How I Conquered the Stage and the Streets), but more often sing about it. “You Got the Nerve of a Big Brass Monkey” was Slim’s ballsy world premiere. From that day in 1957 forward, both blues and funk would have their hands full. Still do.

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Fillmore Slim - Born To Sing The Blues

Size: 256 MB
Time: 38:25
File: Flac
Released: 1998
Styles: Blues
Art: Front

1. She's Gone (3:54)
2. Reap What You Sow (2:22)
3. 3rd Rate Love Affair (4:04)
4. Watchdog (3:39)
5. Don't Treat Me Right Blues (4:18)
6. Things I Used To Do (4:02)
7. I'll Be A Better Man (3:06)
8. Hard Luck Blues (4:48)
9. Body Language (3:54)
10. Lonely Heart & Broken Mind (4:17)

Good ole fashioned hip shakin blues. The first time I heard Fillmore Slim play was at a small Blues Festival in Three Rivers Ca.I purchased a cd on a different label than this label and I played it once and that was it.This cd is the man I heard playing at that that Festival.It will take you through every shade of blue from mellow down easy,to toe tappin,hip-shakin and get up and boogie.If you dig the Blues you will like this cd.

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Fillmore Slim - The Game

Size: 422 MB
Time: 58:36
File: Flac
Released: 2004
Styles: Modern-Blues
Art: Front

1. The Game [Rap Version] (5:10)
2. Downtown Fresno (5:06)
3. Texas Woman (5:00)
4. The Game [Blues Version] (5:18)
5. Faster Than Time (4:00)
6. Jody (4:27)
7. Down For My Crown (4:54)
8. My First Girlfriend (7:11)
9. Big Brass Monkey (3:02)
10. Can't Get Enough (3:39)
11. Playboy (5:22)
12. Mackin (5:20)

The Game is to be sold, not told... but I'm gonna give you a free course in it! - so begins the vocalization by the master of the blues game, Fillmore Slim, who began as Clarence "Guitar" Sims, the artist who recorded his first 45s in the 1950s on the Dotto label. Over the years though, his career changed course and he became the legendary pimp known as Fillmore Slim. He's back with new 2004 album "The Game," offering listeners a view of the urban street Sims knows all too well. Included are two versions of the title track, one a rap version featuring his son Frank Stick-em, and a blues version that closes the CD.

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Fillmore Slim - Son Of The Seven Sisters

Size: 144.5 MB
Time: 62:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Front

01. Son Of The Seven Sisters (5:51)
02. Broke, Baby (3:49)
03. I’m A Playboy (Feat. Kid Andersen) (3:50)
04. Jody Must Be In My Business (5:56)
05. I’m A Badd Brotha Foya (6:30)
06. Emma Lou, Queen Of The Homeless (3:54)
07. Rock Star (Feat. Kid Andersen) (5:21)
08. Last Night (5:27)
09. Dedicated To Johnny Guitar Watson (Feat. Kid Andersen) (2:56)
10. Mary Sue (6:24)
11. Legend In My Own Time (3:16)
12. Fast Gun Annie (4:02)
13. Little Bluebird (5:21)

“You know me, I'm Fillmore Slim” has been spoken out loud most everywhere in the city of San Francisco. As Clarence “Fillmore Slim” Sims turned 85 years old in the month of November, 2019, this legendary bluesman continues his music and magic.

Born November 7, 1934 in the rich musical heritage city of New Orleans, Louisiana, “Fillmore” has lived a transformation like no one else. Bestowed upon him are some of the most significant monikers that truly intertwine with a very real American history. “Tailbone”, “Guitar Slim”, “Fillmore Slim”, “the O.G.”. His respect and love for music runs through them all.

He grew up on a farm picking cotton and plowing the fields utilizing a mule. As a youngster he discovered music from his grandmother. He moved to the Los Angeles area in 1955, performing with his band Eddie and the Blues Slayers; he relocated to San Francisco opening shows for the likes of BB King and Dinah Washington; his first single released in the late 50's, was a song entitled 'You Got the Nerve of a Brass Monkey' on the Los Angeles based Dooto record label.

This VIP of the music and underworld would go on to be revered by the members of the hip hop world including Snoop Dogg, 50 cent, Big Daddy Kane and MC Lyte. Among other celebrated musicians, he has toured with Joe Tex, Harmonica Slim and Little Willie John, performed with Sly Stone and T-Bone Walker, and recorded with Joe Louis Walker, Bobbie Webb and Rick Estrin. “Fillmore Slim” continues to master his gift of storytelling as singer/guitarist/songwriter.

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Fillmore Slim - Funky Mama's House

Year: 2004
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 48:04
Size: 111,3 MB
Styles: Electric blues
Scans: Full

1. Funky Mama's House (4:49)
2. Brown Sugar Eyes (3:58)
3. Street Walker (3:28)
4. Tabby Thomas' Place (2:45)
5. Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (3:23)
6. Ya-Ya (4:34)
7. Down At Eli's (4:07)
8. Stagger Lee (3:54)
9. Earl King (5:12)
10. Saturday Night (7:46)
11. I Cross My Heart (4:03)

Mediocre singer but stinging guitarist, Fillmore Slim delivers raw blues with minimum production - sometimes enhanced with funk accents - much more alive and exciting than on "Other Side Of The road". "Funky Mama's House", "Street Walker", "Tabby Thomas' Place", "Down at Eli's" stand out among the highlights. We must not forget the excellent Rhythm & Blues cover of "Those Lonely Lonely Nights".

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Fillmore Slim - The Legend Of Fillmore Slim

Year: 2006
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:34
Size: 155,8 MB
Styles: Elecric blues
Scans: Full

1. The Legend Of Fillmore Slim (5:18)
2. Trapped By The Devil (4:58)
3. Nosey Woman (7:41)
4. Love For The Third Time (4:31)
5. Hey Little Brother (4:27)
6. Watch Yo' Self (3:53)
7. Jack You Up (4:53)
8. My Friend Blues (4:08)
9. Vegetable Man Intro (0:17)
10. Vegetable Man (8:58)
11. She Don't Love Me (5:30)
12. Blues From The Heart (7:58)
13. Tired Of My Old Lady (4:23)
14. Legend Of Fillmore Slim Intro (0:33)

Fillmore Slim has been playing the blues all his life and has become synonymous with the "playa" lifestyle. He is one of the special lights of the blues world today combining humor, slang, street wisdom, blues idioms and solid songwriting into his special motif. The Legend Of was recorded in Oakland and it brings all the power of Slim's writing and spoken magic to the front. The song "Hey Little Brother" examines the inner city youth/handgun epidemic from many different viewpoints. The combination of rap and blues is once again explored by Fillmore and his son Frank Sticks. /Amazon

(For personnel details, see artwork included.)

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Fillmore Slim - Other Side Of The Road

Size: 97,6 MB
Time: 42:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2000
Styles: Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Let's Talk About Love (2:45)
02. Dial 911 (2:36)
03. Kicked Out (3:48)
04. The Girl Can't Cook (4:02)
05. Down On The Farm (5:51)
06. Annabelle (4:44)
07. Pretty Baby (3:24)
08. Other Sideide Of The Road (6:30)
09. Louisiana Scat (4:47)
10. Blue Monday (4:08)

Fillmore Slim could get over with blues fans anywhere. On Other Side of the Road the guitarist boasts one of the raunchiest tones since Johnny Guitar Watson and he sings with the rough-hewn authority of a sanctified preacher. An itinerant bluesman-born and raised in New Orleans, relocated to San Francisco in the mid-’50s, did a five-year stretch in a federal penitentiary in Texas-he’s worked under a variety of names, including Tailbone Slim, Clarence “Guitar” Sims and Fillmore Sims. He performs with passion and fire on insightful originals like “Call 911,” “Kicked Out,” “The Girl Can’t Cook” and the raucous, shuffling “Pretty Baby.” His New Orleans roots come out on the jazzy shuffle “Louisiana Scat” and a funky rendition of the Dave Bartholomew classic “Blue Monday,” a hit in the ’50s for Fats Domino. A welcome return to the scene by the wily blues veteran. ~Bill Milkowski

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VA - Walkin' Blues: 15 Years From Mountain Top Productions

Size: 158,3+183,0 MB
Time: 68:11+78:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: West Coast Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Cary Bell - Low Down Dirty Shame (5:18)
02 Gary Smith - Scared Of That Child (3:36)
03 Mark Hummel - Seven Nights To Rock (3:32)
04 Johnny Dyer - Forty Days And Forty Nights (4:16)
05 Fillmore Slim - Minding My Own Business (2:22)
06 R.J. Mischo & Steve Freund - West Winds Are Blowing (3:34)
07 Fillmore Slim & Frank Stickums - Hey Little Brother (4:24)
08 Big Walter Shufflesworth - Nailed To The Bone (5:25)
09 Paris Slim & Johnny Ace - Solid Sender (4:09)
10 Mark Hummel - City Livin' (5:32)
11 Fillmore Slim - Nosey Woman (7:41)
12 Johnny Dyer - Trouble No More (2:44)
13 R.J. Mischo - Money Back Guarantee (3:10)
14 Paris Slim - Let's Talk About Love (3:00)
15 Dona McGee - Upside Your Head (2:55)
16 Lazy Lester - Bloodstains On The Wall (4:01)
17 R.J. Mischo & W. Shufflesworth - Rj, Get Up! Milk That Cow (2:23)

CD 2:
01. Gary Primitch - Ain't She Trouble (5:14)
02. Cephas & Wiggins - Broke And Hungry (3:25)
03. Johnny Dyer - Country Boy (3:57)
04. Fillmore Slim - The Legend Of Fillmore Slim (5:15)
05. Gary Smith - About To Lose Your Clown (5:18)
06. Paris Slim - No Escapin' From The Blues (6:45)
07. Fillmore Slim - My Friend Blue (4:05)
08. Johnny Dyer - Got To Find My Baby (2:41)
09. Paris Slim - Feel Like Shouting (2:36)
10. R.J. Mischo - It's My Life, Baby (5:04)
11. Fillmore Slim - Faster Than Time (3:59)
12. Gary Smith - Blues For Mr. B (3:14)
13. Mark Hummel - Can't Judge Nobody (6:46)
14. Eddie Taylor - Red Light (5:00)
15. M. Hummel - Blue And Lonesome (6:30)
16. Rick Estrin - You're Gonna Need My Help (7:55)
17. Johnny Dyer - Evans Shuffle (1:05)

Over the past fifteen years, Mountain Top Productions has delivered more than a dozen magnificent West Coast Blues CD masterpieces to the world's blues audience. They've also become classy connoiseurs of blues harmonica releases, purveying state-of-the-art recordings that drip with true blues soul. Their Blues Harmonica Videos/DVD's are regarded as the best-in-the-business and blues lovers should shake their hand(s) for giving us a steady stream of Oakland/L.A. Blues legends like Johnny Dyer, Fillmore Slim, Gary Smith, Mark Hummel, Franck Goldwasser, R.J. Mischo, and many others. ~Andy Grigg

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Fillmore Slim - The Blues Playa's Ball

Size: 144,4+140,6 MB
Time: 62:38+60:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2010
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. Funky Wino ( 5:25)
02. San Francisco Down On Sixth Street ( 6:29)
03. Hooker's Game (11:13)
05. The Last Stage Of The Blues ( 5:55)
06. She's Nasty ( 8:00)
07. Rebecca ( 4:50)
08. I'd Rather Go Blind ( 4:11)
09. Bring Back The Funk ( 7:24)
10. Playing The Blues Around The World ( 4:41)
11. Thunder And Lightning ( 4:24)

CD 2:
01. Strip Joint (5:04)
02. The Ghetto (6:08)
03. Fannie Mae (5:29)
04. Go Ahead Woman (6:14)
05. Fine French Women (2:58)
06. Fillmore's Hood (8:11)
07. Ain't That A Shame (4:42)
08. Joe Louis Fan (6:50)
09. Playa's Ball (8:00)
10. I'd Rather Go Blind (Extended Cut) (7:21)

Get that money! Gimme that money! Fillmore Slim demands over a James Brown-like groove on "Hooker's Game," one of twenty tracks on his new double-disc release. He set the hustle aside years ago but continues to revel in his "Pope of Pimps" title, the respect he gets from rappers like Snoop Dogg, Ice-T, and Too $hort, and the trophies he collects as a guest of honor at players' balls around the country.

Fillmore, now 76, has focused on music since being released from prison 25 years ago. He reminisces about his former career on The Blues Playa's Ball to a greater extent than he had on any of his previous albums, but the discs also contain plenty of first-rate blues on other subjects. Although he's a capable guitarist himself, he leaves all the picking to Joe Louis Walker and Frank Goldwasser. Harmonica blower Rick Estrin takes the vocal lead on one number, Walker on another; Fillmore handles the rest.

His tenor voice may be rather nasal and his drawled enunciation at times a bit difficult to decipher, but he delivers his original odes with conviction.

His portraits of inner-city poverty and crime are brutally frank, yet he also has a tender side and dedicates a heartfelt reading of "I'd Rather Go Blind" to one-time girlfriend Etta James. ~Review by Lee Hildebrand

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Fillmore Slim - The Game

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 58:02
Size: 132.9 MB
Styles: West Coast blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[5:08] 1. The Game
[3:57] 2. Faster Than Time
[4:23] 3. Jody
[4:52] 4. Down For My Crown
[7:09] 5. My First Girlfriend
[2:58] 6. Big Brass Monkey
[3:36] 7. Can't Get Enough
[5:19] 8. Playboy
[5:16] 9. Mackin
[5:03] 10. Downtown Fresno
[4:57] 11. Texas Woman
[5:17] 12. The Game

"The game is to be sold, not told... but I'm gonna give you a free course in it!" So begins the vocalization by the master of the blues game Fillmore Slim. His new CD, The Game, finds Sims in the company of the Bay Area's hottest musicians, splitting the difference between low down blues and gritty funk and singing about the player life with a degree of verisimilitude today's rapper's can only dream of. This band is on cross-genre fire. ~Tom Hyslop

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