While Slim worked continuously throughout the early 1930s, it was not until he moved to Chicago that his career really began to flourish. He first arrived in the city in 1937 and settled there in 1939. Slim quickly found himself supporting some of the city's bestknown blues acts, most notably the harmonica player John Lee
“Sonny Boy
” Williamson
. He also befriended guitarist
Big Bill Broonzy
, then the acknowledged leader of the Chicago blues scene, and Broonzy soon hired...