Love memphis Slim, he seemed a proper character! I colourised some clips of him that I could find, like always they're not perfect but hopefully it spreads the word abit more on him.
A clip of the classy Memphis Slim getting sassy with Willie Dixon before kicking into amazing boogie woogie piano. Filmed live on the 4th October 1962 for the Tv series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk (the day after they arrived from the US).
Memphis Slim filmed live on the 4th October 1962 for the Tv series 'Jazz Gehört und Gesehen' by Südwestfunk."
The amazing Memphis Slim recorded live on the 29th September, 1963 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk TV as part of the American Folk Blues Festival.
Another one from the 29th September, 1963 at Großer Kursaal in Baden-Baden, Germany for Südwestfunk TV as part of the American Folk Blues Festival.
Memphis Slim, Matt Murphy & Bill Stepney live in Brussels for the Belgian TV show Jazz Prima in 1963.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/LqW5B74adIs
This live clip is from Paris in 64 (possibly at his own place the Memphis Melodies Club?).
https://www.youtube.com/embed/A9EGhn6WdtY
Here he is live at the Molde Jazz Festival in Norway back in July '67.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/IOYIVRcLvKo
The amazing Memphis Slim casually playing and being interviewed before his 'Story of the Blues' show in Nice (France) on the 14th February, 1969. The original video was way out of sync in places so I've tried to fix that as best I can.
