Alabama Slim

Milton Frazier (born March 29, 1939), known professionally as Alabama Slim, is an American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Immersed in the music and culture of the blues from a young age, Alabama Slim stated "I grew up listening to the old blues since I was a child, I spent summers with my grandparents who had a farm. Them old folks would get to moanin' while they worked, and I just started moanin' with them. That's where I learned to sing."

He began playing in local juke joints before relocating in the 1965 to New Orleans, Louisiana. He worked initially for a moving company before gaining further employment with a company manufacturing cooking oil. At that time Alabama Slim met and befriended his cousin Little Freddie King, who had a lasting influence on the former's life. Tim Duffy, Music Maker's leader, then met King on the latter's relocation to New Orleans and was introduced to Slim. In December 2006, Slim and King traveled to Music Maker's headquarters in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and recorded The Mighty Flood, which was released the following year. King again collaborated with Slim on Blue & Lonesome (2010).

Music Maker assisted Slim in organising tours in the United States and, with the Music Maker Blues Revue, in touring across parts of Europe including France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain and the United Kingdom. Appearances in the U.S. incorporated a concert at New York's Lincoln Center, in addition at Roots N Blues N BBQ, and was due to perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2020, before its cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. and "Someday Baby" (the latter having been recorded by Big Joe Williams, Buddy Moss, and Sleepy John Estes among others).

He is not to be confused with Ralph Willis, who released some records in the 1940s on the Savoy label, under the pseudonym of 'Alabama Slim'.

Discography Albums Year Title Record label Additional credits 2007 The Mighty Flood Music Maker With Little Freddie King 2010 Blue & Lonesome Music Maker 2013 Ironing Board Sam With Alabama Slim And Robert Lee Coleman APO RecordsWith Ironing Board Sam and Robert Lee Coleman 2021 The Parlor Cornelius Chapel Music