Singer/musician Slim Harpo was a successful blues musician of the late 1950s and 60s, with a laid back singing style and a mastery of the blues harmonica, known in the industry as a “harp.” Evidently his hit song of 1957 “I’m a King Bee” was recently used in the series The Man in the High Castle.
I was thrilled a year ago when the British record label company Not Now Music asked to lease an illustration I’d created previously for the sleeve of a re-release of the music of Slim Harpo. And I just recently found out the label was re-issued this past August, and I’m pleased with the clean, punchy design using my art –
Your star just keeps on rising!
Kazmira! Thank you so much, hope you are doing well!
AWESOME!!! 🙂
Cathy, thanks as always! – Pat
Wow, Pat! How cool is this?! Believe it or not, I’ve actually *heard* this song. 😀
Oh my gosh, Nancy, you never stop amazing me!! I had not heard of the song until they contacted me!
The Beatles were influenced by his blues style; heard it on a documentary once; your illustration is perfect.
I think Tom Petty may’ve played it on his “Buried Treasure” show on XM Radio several years ago, too. He loved playing rare blues songs.