The Mysterious "6th" member of Playin' Hooky
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Lonesome Slim is murky at best, and it is often hard to distinguish actual fact from the stuff of legend and lore. Most agree she was abandoned as a small child at the Our Sisters of Mercy orphanage in the Storyville district of New Orleans, wrapped only in a woman's silk nightgown, clutching a harmonica in one hand and a pack of Lucky Strikes in the other. The sisters did their best with young Slim for years, but on one of her frequent midnight sojourns she apparently hopped a tramp steamer bound for Singapore. Jumping ship in Borneo, it is said she moved to the hills and lived with a colony of Bengal tigers for a time. After this there is little information until she resurfaces in L.A., jamming with Pinetop Perkins and Buddy Guy at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go. Producer David Geffen was there and signed Lonesome to a record deal. Her first release, "You Obviously Don't Know Who You're Talking To" sold a surprising half million units, mostly on word of mouth. Upon getting her first royalty check she headed for Vegas, lost it all at the poker table, and hitched a ride on a semi headed east. She was spotted on stage in and around Memphis for years, then vanished again. Most feared she was dead. Surprisingly, one of Bob Marley's sons spotted her at a bar in Tobago, convincing her to record a follow-up, the critically acclaimed "This Ain't Bitch Chick Harp 101." The follow up tour sadly fell apart when Slim was arrested in Orlando, FL. trying to free Kiri, a Bengal Tiger, from her cage on the Barnum & Bailey Circus train. Free on bond awaiting court proceedings, Lonesome Slim
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