Remembering Sunnyland Slim at the Paradise in about 1978. It
was the second week after the Paradise opened. (The first week featured Lou
Reed, who everyone said was a schmuck and surrounded by schmucks.) Sunnyland
opened for the Talking Heads. Neither their fans nor the band cared too much
about Slim. He was happy to do his sets, and the spread backstage was really
nice. He was in fine form. This went on for two or three nights. I recall a funny
moment I think where Slim asks the audience to give a big round of applause for
the Talking Hands. He could really fracture names. - Jack Vaughan
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