T. V. Slim..Flatfoot Sam..Clif Records 103 Blues 45 '57
  $   38

 


$ 38 Sold For
Jul 2, 2011 Sold Date
Jun 25, 2011 Start Date
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This is T. V. Slim and His Heartbreakers...Flatfoot Sam...Clif Records 103 (Shreveport, LA.) 45 rpm  1957

Side two: Darling Remember

First issue....1957

Oscar "TV Slim" Wills's hilarious tale of a sad sack named "Flat Foot Sam" briefly made him a bankable name in 1957. Sam's ongoing saga lasted longer than Slim's minute or two in the spotlight, but that didn't stop him from recording throughout the 1960s.

Influenced by DeFord Bailey and both Sonny Boy Williamsons on harp and Guitar Slim on axe while living in Houston, Wills sold one of his early compositions, "Dolly Bee," to Don Robey for Junior Parker's use on Duke Records before getting the itch to record himself. To that end, he set up Speed Records, his own label and source for the great majority of his output over the next dozen years.

The first version of "Flat Foot Sam" came out on a tiny Shreveport logo, Cliff Records, in 1957. Local record man Stan Lewis, later the owner of Jewel/Paula Records, reportedly bestowed the colorful nickname of TV Slim on Wills; he was a skinny television repairman, so the handle fit perfectly.

Labels: VG with ring wear

Vinyl: VG with some light surface scratches...some new gloss...Plays and sounds great...

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