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Bill Sims: Bill Sims

by Ed Kopp
November 1, 1999

Bill Sims is a 50-year-old black man whose biracial family was the subject of a recent 10-hour documentary on PBS entitled An American Love Story. PBS released this eponymous blues album in conjunction with the documentary.Surprisingly, it's a terrific blues collection from Sims, an obscure musician who grew up in Ohio and enjoyed modest success as a member of the Four Mints in the '70s. Bill Sims is a masterful blend of horn-driven B.B. King-style blues, sophisticated acoustic ...