Alabama Slim –
The Parlor (Cornelius Chapel): “The story of a bluesman getting discovered late in life is one that has repeated itself a handful of times over the last few decades. There is a sadness to this story in the fact that talented musicians can toil away most of their life without having their music ever heard and appreciated by anyone outside of their immediate community. But there is also a triumph, a redemption of sorts that comes from this music finally reaching grateful listeners around the world. While visiting bluesman Little Freddie King in New Orleans, Music Maker Relief Foundation founder and president Tim Duffy met his cousin Alabama Slim, born Milton Frazier in Vance, Alabama on March 29, 1939. King and Slim often played together, with King’s scorching guitar backing Slim’s deep and smooth vocals that bring to mind the cool, flowing singing of John Lee Hooker…. In the summer of 2019, Slim and King – along with drummer Ardie Dean – finally found
Monk Guests on Podcast to Talk Beer and Music
Published: December 17, 2020
Roughly once a month, my buddy Alan Aldridge comes over and unloads his podcast equipment on my kitchen table for another episode of Untapped & Vinyl .
When he started the podcast, Porch Talk, we had the most excellent idea and came up with a reason to get together, talk music, and drink copious amounts of beer! Untapped & Vinyl was born!
We usually start each episode by taste-testing whatever craft beer we come across, then casually shift into talking music. The magic almost always happens about an hour in when the beer starts talking! Over the many months, we ve dedicated episodes to talking about the blues, artists on Cornelius Chapel records out of Birmingham, and punk rock, but the usual format tends to be beer and everything music.