Curley James Weaver (March 25, 1906 – September 20, 1962)[2] was an American blues musician, also known as Slim Gordon.
His mother, Savannah "Dip" Shepard Weaver, was a well-respected pianist and guitarist, who taught Curley and her friend's sons, "Barbecue Bob" and Charlie Hicks.
[4] Weaver moved to Atlanta in 1925, where he worked as a laborer and performed on the streets and at social events.
He recorded on his own during the 1920s and 1930s, first in the style taught by his mother and later in the spreading Piedmont style, but he was best known for duets with Blind Willie McTell, with whom he worked until the 1950s,[5] and for his work with Barbecue Bob, Fred McMullen, and the harmonica and guitar player Buddy Moss.
[4] After World War II Weaver recorded in New York and Atlanta, both as a solo artist and with McTell.