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artist - Milwaukee Slim
CD title - Lemmon Avenue
label - Blue Loon
catalog# BLN-016
UPC# 7-51483-00162-5
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Song titles

Lemmon Avenue, Don't Want You Around No More, Cleo, I'm Going To Leave You, C.C. Rider, Standing On The Outside Crying, She's Acting Funny, Rock Me, Sweet Little Angel, You Got Me Thinkin',  No Use Waitin', I'm a Legend, Double Trouble Blues, Mean and Evil Woman, Miss R.J., Mean Old World
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Personnel

Milwaukee Slim (vocals), Tom Schafer (harp), John Franken (guitar), John Schroder (guitar), Kurt Dorn (bass), and Warren Kassulke (drums), with special guests Mike "the Hook" Deutsch (piano), Junior McCaleb (bass), Johnny Jackson (drums), Miki Lewis (guitar), Al Sauls (sax & keys), Merlin Brunkow (sax), Joe DeRasmi (trumpet), Dave Marden (sax), Dave Graf (sax), and Pat Dawson (bass)
Slim was on tour with Mojo Buford and Hook's Combo when he got the word from his physician..... the results of his lab tests were not encouraging. He had just finished laying tracks for what would be his first and last CD. The final mixes were completed, and a few dozen cassette copies were hastily prepared for an "album release" party at Minneapolis' famed Cabooze Bar. The entire local blues community turned out for the event, in lasting tribute to one of blues music's tireless champions. Within a matter of weeks, he had passed away. Known to many as the “Singing Bus Driver”, Slim often hit the stage still in uniform, fresh off the time-clock. Back in the early 1950’s, he starred on the Negro night club circuit, touring from Dallas to Memphis, St Louis, Cincinnati, and Detroit, and in each city was each known by a different stage name. Born Angelo Chambers, it was Sonny Boy Williamson who gave him the handle that stuck. His only CD “Lemmon Avenue” was released exactly two years to the day after brother Angelo’s death.

“Milwaukee Slim will surely be remembered for this exceptional release” – Blues & Rhythm

“Tom Schafer’s harp is full bodied and tasteful throughout, often sounding like Big Walter Horton’s Cobra-era work. It is a shame this veteran bluesman had to wait so long to record an album. His music can be recommended to all devotees of straight-ahead blues” – Living Blues

“This is an excellent set of over 70 minutes of tough, rocking Chicago-style blues” – Phone Booth