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Otis “Lightnin' Slim” Hicks

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Otis “Lightnin' Slim” Hicks

Birth
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Death
27 Jul 1974 (aged 61)
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, USA
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Musician. He was a guitarist-songwriter, known as the Louisiana Swamp Blues King. During the 1940s, he worked the bars of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with bluesmen Arthur Kelly and Slim Harpo. He moved to Detroit Michigan in the 1950s, where he recorded for Excello Records hits to include "Hoo Doo Blues", "Lonesome Cabin Blues", "Voodoo Blues" and "Bad Luck Blues". In the 1970s, he toured Europe, headlined at the Montreux Jazz Festival Switzerland and toured with the American Blues Legend Tour. He died in Detroit, Michigan.
Musician. He was a guitarist-songwriter, known as the Louisiana Swamp Blues King. During the 1940s, he worked the bars of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with bluesmen Arthur Kelly and Slim Harpo. He moved to Detroit Michigan in the 1950s, where he recorded for Excello Records hits to include "Hoo Doo Blues", "Lonesome Cabin Blues", "Voodoo Blues" and "Bad Luck Blues". In the 1970s, he toured Europe, headlined at the Montreux Jazz Festival Switzerland and toured with the American Blues Legend Tour. He died in Detroit, Michigan.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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  • Originally Created by: Hermitess from VA
  • Added: Mar 24, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7288027/otis-hicks: accessed ), memorial page for Otis “Lightnin' Slim” Hicks (13 Mar 1913–27 Jul 1974), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7288027, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Pontiac, Oakland County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.