Paul Allan Oscher (February 26, 1947 – April 18, 2021)[1] was an American blues singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist.
After Big Walter Horton failed to show up for a gig, Oscher played harmonica as a member of the Muddy Waters Blues Band from 1967 until 1972.
[4] After performing solo for a time in New York as "Brooklyn Slim",[2] he toured Europe in 1976 with Louisiana Red.
In 2003, Oscher was featured on harmonica, guitar and vocals on Hubert Sumlin's album, About Them Shoes, along with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Levon Helm.
[5] He died on April 18, 2021, in Austin, his home city for the last years of his life, after several weeks hospitalized with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.