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Shrimp City Slim : Dark Road Piano
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Solo blues piano & vocal recorded live to CD in an old Charleston (SC) church . Fresh original songs performed with honesty and a sense of humor by a mainstay of the Carolina blues tradition.
Genre: Blues: Piano Blues
Release Date: 2006
Dark Road Piano
Shrimp City Slim
Record Label: Erwin Music
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Preview Song Name Time Buy
1. Buy My Music While I'm Still Alive 3:15 + MP3 $0.99
2. Broom & Hose 2:58 + MP3 $0.99
3. Go Back to New Orleans 3:17 + MP3 $0.99
4. Dark Road 4:33 + MP3 $0.99
5. Places I Can't Go No More 4:01 + MP3 $0.99
6. (We Should Be) Naked 3:05 + MP3 $0.99
7. Just Space Between Us 4:10 + MP3 $0.99
8. Depart / Arrive 2:49 + MP3 $0.99
9. Esta Casa Azul 2:29 + MP3 $0.99
10. Enjoy the Ride 2:56 + MP3 $0.99
11. I Need a New Emotion 3:46 + MP3 $0.99
12. Home & High 3:45 + MP3 $0.99
13. Oaks 2:41 + MP3 $0.99
14. Say Goodbye to Charleston 4:23 + MP3 $0.99
15. Hawke's March (instrumental) 3:00 + MP3 $0.99
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Album Notes

"Dark Road Piano" is Charleston, SC-based bluesman Shrimp City Slim's eighth album release and his first solo project (simply acoustic grand piano & vocals), cut live one sultry afternoon in an ancient church in historic Charleston, SC.

This intimate set is comprised of fifteen new original songs, including the first versions of "Enjoy the Ride" and "(We Should Be) Naked".

Though still leading his band from coast-to-coast and overseas, Shrimp City Slim is spending more & more time performing as a solo artist. (e.g. recent solo tours of Poland/Germany/Holland, south Florida, France).

Just a man & his piano..."Dark Road Piano" is the best representation of what this appealing artist sounds like up-close-and-personal.

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REVIEWS

Dig this kind of piano blues & hip songwriting
author: Al from Charleston
                            
Bought this at one of Shrimp's gigs and have almost worn it out.
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After listening to "Dark Road Piano"
author: Adam Gussow (formerly of Satan & Adam)
                            
I enjoyed our duo gig in Charleston in June; thanks again. After listening to "Dark Road Piano", now I know why you are working so much...nice.
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Tasteful homage to all piano players...hot intense savage blues
author: Vicente Zumel (La Hora del Blues, Barcelona, Spain)
                            
A real lover of the most orthodox, hot, intense, savage blues...a tasteful homage to all piano players who have influenced him. Here you will find Sunnyland Slim, Champion Jack Dupree, Pete Johnson, Fats Domino and Professor Longhair. One of the best representatives of "Lowcountry blues"...how can you miss the chance to get this CD for your collection?
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Thought-provoking, solid
author: Blues Revue (Oct/Nov '06)
                            
Sonics are good and compositions are solid, particularly the in-the-wake-of-the-hurricane tribute "Go Back to New Orleans", the thought-provoking "(We Should Be) Naked", and the 'en espanol' blues "Esta Casa Azul".
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