Memphis Slim

Also known as: John Len Chatman
September 3, 1913 - February 24, 1988

Memphis slim
LC Name Source: LC Name Authority File
Appears in 30 items.
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Title Contributor(s) Date
Stackerlee Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Unidentified piano boogie (I) Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Mar 2, 1947
Unidentified piano boogie (II) Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Mar 2, 1947
Good News Boogie Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Mar 2, 1947
Unidentified piano boogie (III) Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Mar 2, 1947
Life Is Like That (test) Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Unidentified boogie (test) Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Life Is Like That Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Interview with Memphis Slim about Life Is Like That Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Recordist: Lomax, Alan Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about the origins of the blues (part 1) Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about the origins of the blues (part 2) Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
I Could Hear My Name A-Ringin' Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about the blues (I) Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about levee camps and Southern prisons Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about levee camps and Southern prisons / Levee camp song fragments Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about the blues (II) Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about levee camps and camp bosses Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about Charlie Houlin, food in levee camps and prison farms, and violence between workers Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about violence between workers, card sharks, and dudes Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about interracial violence and sexual desire Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about chain gangs and prison camps Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Story of Captain Mack and a conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about the worth of African Americans Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about a racist plantation owner and Prince Albert tobacco Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about ugly men (part 1) Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about ugly men (part 2) Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Stories about mean and double-jointed men Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about double-jointed and even-handed men Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Conversation with Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim, and Sonny Boy Williamson about bear hunting, rabbit hunting, chasing chickens, and old-time religion Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim… Mar 2, 1947
Dirty jokes Performer: Williamson, John Lee (…; Performer: Chatman, Peter (Memphis Slim…; Performer: Broonzy, William Lee… Mar 2, 1947
Blues In the Mississippi Night interviews 1947 Contributor: Williamson, John Lee (…; Contributor: Chatman, Peter (Memphis…; Contributor: Broonzy, William… Mar 2, 1947