Earl King @ Tipitina's 1991

Another unpublished flashback

Earl King at Tipitina's, 1991 by Kingcake on Mixcloud

Earl King was certainly a veteran of the Chitlins Circut. Earl used to travel and perform as Guitar Slim because no-one knew what Slim looked like and Slim wanted to stay home in New Orleans.

This is the best live Earl King show you will ever hear, period. This show was a live WWOZ broadcast from an event called R & B Night at Tipitina's. Earl is with George Porter, Red Morgan and most likely whoever else was in The Running Partners of the time. The opening track is George and The Pahtna's, and then, it's star time ....Earl comes out to sing a thoroughly satisfying program of some of his best known tunes. Earl was a great singer and and a gifted writer with an unusual, lean guitar style. He is one of the very few song writers whom Jimi Hendrix covered (Let the Good Times Roll on Electric Ladyland). Any fan of Earl King or just New Orleans music in general will find this one is a must have.

Earl King - R & B Night at Tipitina's 1991
WWOZ radio broadcast
1 Running Partner
2 Over the Hill
3 Lonely, Lonely Nights
4 Trick Bag
5 Things I Used to Do
6 Always a First Time
7 You and I
8 Time for the Sun to Rise
9 Let the Good Times Roll