tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736646.post8786147010722187279..comments2023-09-28T07:53:45.029-07:00Comments on moon traveller herald: Sunnyland SlimJack Vaughanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08260762984352254451noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736646.post-19092088080590038842007-09-19T19:15:00.000-07:002007-09-19T19:15:00.000-07:00Mexine writes ...what Sunnyland Slim was...poetry,...Mexine writes ...what Sunnyland Slim was...poetry, cause that's a sane way to measure the world (and the chicks dig it), faith, since you don't want to get caught being wrong about such a thing, reasonable, cause that's what a man does to get a drink around here. The man was a pleasure to be around, if only for the anecdotes he inspired.Jack Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08260762984352254451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736646.post-84270517958803279092007-09-05T18:56:00.000-07:002007-09-05T18:56:00.000-07:00Sam writes:Today, I drove down to Lemont, IL, wher...Sam writes:<BR/>Today, I drove down to Lemont, IL, where Sunnyland is buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery. I met up with Barrelhouse Chuck (in picture, below) and we visited Slim's grave. It was moving to be there on his 100th birthday. After I returned home and calculated the miles driven from my place to the grave and back, they added-up to 87: one mile for each of his years on this planet.<BR/><BRJack Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08260762984352254451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736646.post-14259129917716428782007-09-05T13:31:00.000-07:002007-09-05T13:31:00.000-07:00Jeff Writes "remember staying with Slim above that...Jeff Writes "remember staying with Slim above that liquor store on the Southside of Chicago, with you Jack (about 1979?) and he gave me his own bed while he slept on a too-short sofa. Then he cooked us catfish and eggs in the morning and when I thanked him for all of his graciousness he just said, "Oh that's just Bible stuff, that's just what you do!""Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com