SHRIMP CITY SLIM: Blue Palmetto

Shrimp City Slim

Blue Palmetto

© 1996 Erwin Music (655025960121)

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Sun-drenched blues & original songs from the South Carolina Lowcountry (coastal region)...melodic blues with splashes of Caribbean, rock, and gospel.

tracks

1 The Only One There
2 Gossip (Will Only Make Us Stronger)
3 Nosotros Changos
4 Live Like a Bluesman (And Surely You Will Die)
5 You're Make It Hard (To Forget Her)
6 Return to the Lord
7 Sun Angel
8 The Walls Are Talking
9 Holding On to a Dream
10 You Are the Reason
11 My Own Set of Ghosts
12 Lay Your Walking Shoes Down
13 Money Stupid
14 One Day
15 Gnat Bite
16 This Southern Heart of Mine
17 Sugar Shock
18 The Hands of Time
19 Leper of the City
20 Blue Palmetto

notes

Charleston-based blues keyboardist/singer/songwriter Shrimp City Slim has been plying his trade throughout the Southeast and overseas since the mid-1980s. He performs both solo and with his ace band of Lowcountry veterans.

"Blue Palmetto" is his 1996 opus; a whopping 20-song (72 minutes) package of coastal Carolina blues & provocative original songs.

This CD features some of Shrimp City Slim's most diverse & appealing songwriting to date, augmented by blazing blues harp (courtesy of Mike Nazarenko www.nazharp.com) and rough slide guitar from Silent Eddie Phillips.

The touring & performing band at this time also included the multi-talented Jerome Griffin (bass, vocals) and Dudley Birch (drums, vocals), who later went on to chart three songs in the beach music realm ("Can't Let You Go", etc.).

So, as you can imagine, this is some potent music in the quintessentially Lowcountry blues style.

Absolutely recommended!

TOUR ALERT: Shrimp City Slim is on tour in France Oct 31-Nov 6, Poland & Czech Republic NOv 10-Dec 1 and again in France Jan 14-26, 2009. Please visit www.shrimpcityslim.com for calendar updates.

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  • Solid vocals, crisp piano playing
    author: Blueprint (UK)

    Shrimp City Slim writes great songs with sense of humor and delivers them with solid vocals and crisp piano playing. A foot-tapping set!

  • A doggedly memorable blues CD
    author: Paul Lewis (Blues & Rhythm, UK)

    One of the most unusual blues-based CDs you'll hear all year...Slim's music seems to reinvent the coastal Carolina blues tradition in the good-natured and slightly out-of-kilter image of its creator...doggedly memorable!

  • A very worthwhile trip through Musicland
    author: Hogtown News (Belgium)

    Bluesy stuff, poppy tunes, reggae and ska-like tunes, country tunes, swamp pop, a very worthwhile trip through Musicland....an entirely engaging CD.

  • A great party CD...enjoy!
    author: Jeff Hill (Natchel Blues Network)

    This CD is a great mix of "Lowcountry blues" and roots music with a little gospel thrown in. Playing time is 72:16 minutes, a great bargain! It's a great party CD and the neighbors will like it also...enjoy!

  • Deeply satisfying musical gumbo
    author: Savannah (GA) Free Times

    Shrimp City Slim calls it "Lowcountry blues", but it's not near as touristy as that. What this Charlestonian plays is good old-fashioned swamp music, blending R&B, Cajun, delta blues, salsa, reggae & gospel influences into a deeply satisfying musical gumbo.

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