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Lynwood Slim
Bluesman Lynwood Slim felt there were only two things he could do to make a living: shoot pool or play harmonica. Thank goodness he chose to be a musician. As a child he played trumpet, but at 15 he picked up the harmonica. Initially drawn to listening to Chicago blues greats Jimmy Reed and Little Walter, he made the career choice after watching Brooklyn Slim, a/k/a Paul Oscher. Early memorable gigs including sitting in with Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson and other blues legends. When the southern California scene dried up in the mid-'70s, he packed up and moved to Minneapolis.