Friends of the Fullertons:

Slim's Got the Blues

Three former Fullertonistas make up the acoustic blues trio Slim's Got the Blues: Catfish Brown on strings, Waterford Slim on blues harp, and Swamp Sister Sue on bass, teaming up to fill their copious idle hours with some socially insignificant caterwauling in the American blues tradition: folk, Delta, zydeco, country, city, and a healthy dose of "Neon" Leon Fullerton blues.

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Contact:

Like us (a lot!) on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/slimsgottheblues/
Email us at: catfish@thefullertons.net

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Videos -

with a little help from our friends
​(To see the videos, click on the pictures):

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"Stranger Here" - Traditional (Slim, Catfish, Big Daddy)
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee had a real nice version. We like ours, too.
Washtub: Special guest Mark "Big Daddy" Fuller
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"Viola Lee Blues" - Noah Lewis (Big Daddy, Barrelhouse Bell, Catfish, Slim)
Lewis played harp in Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers. His claim to fame: He could play two harps at once - one with his mouth and one with his nose. Don't try that at home!
Washtub: Special guest Mark "Big Daddy" Fuller
Keys: Special guiest Jonathan "Barrelhouse" Bell
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"Mercury Blues" - K.C. Douglass (Big Daddy, Barrelhouse, Catfish, Slim)
Originally a blues tune, it morphed over the years into a rockers' favorite.
Washtub: Special guest Mark "Big Daddy" Fuller
Keys: Special guest Jonathan "Barrelhouse" Bell
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"Lone Star Special" - Leon Fullerton (Catfish, Slim, Big Daddy)
A ballad of love narrowly averted.
Washtub: Special guiest Mark "Big Daddy" Fuller
Washboard: The cleaning lady (a.k.a. Maia)
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Waterford Slim blows it like it is. (Mark Hunt photo)
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Catfish serves up some fillet of soul. (Mark Hunt photo)
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Swamp Sister Sue: Funktifyin'!

Audio recordings

A cold snap! ​
Vocals: ​Slim
The most popular of Fullerton's many tent revival meeting gospel tunes. ​
​Vocals: Catfish
That Johnson was a real flirt, wasn't he?
​Vocals: Slim
"Neon" Leon Fullerton, our inspiration, spiritual touchstone, muse, and handy candyman, once claimed that "Tell Ol' Bill" was originally a feminist (or at least a female) response to the staggering volume of Stagger Lee songs (an entire genre unto itself), sung from the point of view of the widow of Billy Lyons, the man "Stagger" Lee Shelton famously murdered. We consider this as likely as any of Fullerton's theories. 
​Vocals: Catfish
A perennial barrom favorite, first popularized by Jimmy Reed. 
​Vocals: Catfish
God or Eve? Adam made the right choice.
Vocals: Catfish
​Band: The Fullertons
The blues Neon Leon-style.
Vocals: Catfish
​Band: The Fullertons
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Slim and Catfish at the Lewiston Farmers Market 2019 Spaghetti Squash Dinner.

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"Now, the river runs into the ocean,
And the ocean pours into the sea,
But if I don't find my sweet woman,
Somebody got to bury me."
Robert Lee "Robert Nighthawk" McCoy