Alabama Slim

Growing up, Slim had a Victrola and a box of 78s in his home and he fell in love with the blues of Bill Broonzy and Lightnin' Hopkins.

According to Slim: "I grew up listening to the old blues since I was a child. I spent summers with my grandparents who had a farm. Them old folks would get to moanin' while they worked, and I just started moanin' with them. That's where I learned to sing. When I got grown I formed a band and we played little juke joints in the 50s and 60s."

Slim is a towering man, close to seven feet tall, very well spoken and dressed in an impeccable tailored suit. Slim's voice is a cross between John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins and himself. He was living in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina, and in it's wake, he lost everything. Afterwards, he cut the album 'The Mighty Flood'.