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Composed by Ed Harris
Edward P. Harris was born in Leasburg, North Carolina on August 22, 1923. He worked around the tobacco fields in the Durham region, playing and singing for tips in his youth. His main influences were Blind Boy Fuller & Lightnin' Hopkins. He was discovered at the age of seventeen and was signed to record for the Acorn subsidiary of Savoy Records. Harris made several recordings for Acorn, King & Savoy in his brief tenure as a recording musician, and recorded under several pseudonyms, including Jammin' Jim, Country Paul, Paul Howard, Lazy Slim Jim, & Georgia Pine. On October 22, 1953, he entered the St. James Hospital in Newark, New Jersey for back surgery where he suffered a heart attack on the operating table and passed away at the age of 30.
Ed Harris (Carolina Slim):Vocals & Guitar
Recorded in New York City, N.Y. March 22, 1951
Originally issued on the 1951 single (Acorn 323) (78 RPM)
This recording taken from the 1993 CD "Carolina Slim (1950-1952)"
Sweet
LOVE2Flute 1 year ago
Yeah!! I like this!!!
fourty5mag 1 year ago