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Shrimp City Slim : Blue Palmetto
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Charleston, SC-based blues & original songs evoking good times on the Carolina coast.
Genre: Blues: Mellow Blues
Release Date: 1996
Blue Palmetto
Shrimp City Slim
Record Label: Erwin Music
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1. The Only One There 3:33 + MP3 $0.99
2. Gossip (Will Only Make Us Stronger) 4:36 + MP3 $0.99
3. Nosotros Changos 3:28 + MP3 $0.99
4. Live Like a Bluesman (And Surely You Will Die) 4:04 + MP3 $0.99
5. You're Make It Hard (To Forget Her) 3:54 + MP3 $0.99
6. Return to the Lord 2:51 + MP3 $0.99
7. Sun Angel 3:08 + MP3 $0.99
8. The Walls Are Talking 3:51 + MP3 $0.99
9. Holding On to a Dream 3:39 + MP3 $0.99
10. You Are the Reason 3:39 + MP3 $0.99
11. My Own Set of Ghosts 4:24 + MP3 $0.99
12. Lay Your Walking Shoes Down 3:47 + MP3 $0.99
13. Money Stupid 3:22 + MP3 $0.99
14. One Day 4:32 + MP3 $0.99
15. Gnat Bite 3:14 + MP3 $0.99
16. This Southern Heart of Mine 3:35 + MP3 $0.99
17. Sugar Shock 3:35 + MP3 $0.99
18. The Hands of Time 3:28 + MP3 $0.99
19. Leper of the City 3:42 + MP3 $0.99
20. Blue Palmetto 2:45 + MP3 $0.99
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Album 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), rough slide guitar from Silent Eddie Phillips, and Roger Bellow on fiddle and acoustic guitar (SC Heritage Award winner).

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.).

A fun ride down the Carolina coast, this is the sound of modern Lowcountry blues.

Absolutely recommended!

(cover art by the internationally-recognized artist Mickey Williams, a good friend of the band)

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REVIEWS

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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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!

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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.

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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!

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