Illinois Slim
Born Into The Blues
© 2002 Lost World Music
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The Illinois Slim band is a "meat and potatoes" or should I say "beans and cornbread" (one of Slim's favorite meals) kind of blues band.
tracks
- 1 You Broke My Heart
- 2 Rock Me Baby
- 3 Your Love
- 4 One Of These Days
- 5 Born Into The Blues
- 6 Baby What You Want Me To Do
- 7 Feels Like Rain
- 8 I Was A Fool
- 9 Don't You Know
- 10 Not Tonight
- 11 Sweet Home Chicago
- 12 Early In The Morning
- 13 Nine Below Zero
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Slim grew up on the West Side of Chicago. During hard times the family did like most of the poor Chicago residents. They occasionally went down to "Maxwell Street" The trip, usually on a Sunday, meant that you could catch a bargain, eat one of those famous polish sausage sandwiches and maybe catch some guys playing some good raw blues on the sidewalk. Those trips would make being poor not quite so bad.
The band has shared the stage with national recording artists such as Michael Burks, Lurrie Bell, Matthew Scholer, and Nick Moss & The Flip Tops. Slim has appeared onstage as a guest vocalist with the Carey Bell Band.
The band plays BLUES. But make no mistake about the brand of blues; this is toe tapping, hip swinging, and boogie blues, with just a sprinkling of "cry in your coffee" blues.
Astute blues fans will note that this is an evolving artist with his own ideas. This will become evident when listening to "Born Into The Blues."
Like Slim's singing and guitar playing, the originals tend to be of the meat and potatoes variety" (Living Blues Magazine)