Although he was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Frankie Lee Sims belongs to classic Texas urban blues school, half way to Blind Lemon Jefferson\u2019s or Texas Alexander\u2019s pre-war blues and the more refined and sophisticated T-Bone Walker\u2019s forties and fifties urban blues Together with Lightnin\u2019 Hopkins, Little Son Jackson and Smokey Hogg, Sims is one of the most relevant historical post-war Texas bluesmen Unfortunately he was not widely recognized because he combined his musical talent with his own farm work and his family duties This is the reason why his recording material is rare and difficult to find Fortunately this cd fills the gap to gain access to his recording material It is also greatly welcomed because he gathers some of the greatest simplified Frankie Lee Sims songs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Although he was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Frankie Lee Sims belongs to classic Texas urban blues school, half way to Blind Lemon Jefferson\u2019s or Texas Alexander\u2019s pre-war blues and the more refined and sophisticated T-Bone Walker\u2019s forties and fifties urban blues Together with Lightnin\u2019…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n