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Fillmore Slim
12+ albums
bluesguitarrhythm and blues
about
Clarence Sims (born 1935) better known as Fillmore Slim is a blues singer and guitarist with four albums to his credit. During the 1960's and 1970's, he was also a highly renowned pimp in San Francisco, often referred to as "The West Coast Godfather of the Game" and "The Pope of Pimping". Born and raised in New Orleans, Fillmore began learning about the blues at an early age. "I done lived the blues," he once said in an interview. "The blues is about picking cotton, working in the fields, living on the streets, and you know I did all these things." In 1955, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a musical career, playing by himself in the street and later starting a band called Eddy N & the Blues Slayers. During this time he had a relationship with Etta James before she achieved her fame as a blues singer and recorded a few 45 rpm records himself, the best known of which was called "You Got the Nerve of a Brass Monkey". Fillmore's life took a dramatic turn when one night, while playing a blues bar in Midland, Texas, he noticed a young woman who kept coming in and going out of the bar. As he tells it, "Finally, she came up to me and said, "I like you. I want you to have this money." I asked her how she got all that money. She finally told me she was a hooker. I asked her what a hooker did, and she broke it on down for me." Upon returning to California, he relocated to San Francisco, bringing the girl along with him for extra income. He continued working as a musician, playing in
top songs
albums
The Legend Of Fillmore Slim: Blues Man / King Of The Game
The Game
Son Of The Seven Sisters
Funky Mama's House
Other Side Of The Road
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Walkin' Blues - 15 Years from Mountain Top Productions
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On Your Side
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The Legend Of Fillmore Slim
The Blues Playa's Ball CD 1
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Squeeze It!
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Walkin' Blues: 15 Years From Mountain Top Productions (disc 1)
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Funky Mama'a House