Black History - February 14th - Fillmore Slim

Black Bay Area History
aka American History
aka World History

February 14th - Fillmore Slim

Did you know, before being one of the most famous pimps In the Bay Area, and in the country, he recorded rock and roll blues records???? He even dated Etta James before she got famous. It was on a tour through the south that he saw a woman take control of her own business by making money off of men at a bar club. That inspired him to go into business with that woman and move to San Francisco and start one of the biggest rings of prostitution in the city. Both of them became their own bosses. Years later, he went to jail for his dastardly dead’s. After, he decided to go back to his first love, Music. Oh ya, and one of his 19 kids plays with Tony! Toni! Toné

Here’s the 45 he put out
https://youtu.be/tOnjSkEhLk8?si=Hf4609ShhGi1Q3bB

https://www.bluesblastmagazine.com/featured-interview-fillmore-slim/

a 8 x 10 inch original painting
pen and ink