"I recently had the pleasure of cutting two singles with Silvertooth Slim. It was wonderful to collaborate with him on Blow My Blues Away and Born With The Blues. Slim's English charm and his deep Delta Blues sound and heart, makes him a unique artist in today's world. To hear and collaborate with this young man from England who sounds like he just stepped out of the 1920's or 1930's Mississippi Delta, was wonderful and very different to behold. You will hear that in these tracks. Slim is one of a kind. I look forward to cutting and writing more songs with Silvertooth Slim."
- Teressa "BluesBabe" Brewer |
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From a very young age "Slim" has always been the
creative type. This is mainly because being creative allowed him to
escape for a few moments from the troubles and hardships that his life
had to offer. It was in his late teens that he first picked up a guitar,
and quite literally made a noise. Over the passing years "Slim" grew to
love and become very passionate about his chosen instrument. He taught
himself and also learned from books and videos for the first 8 years of
his guitar life, then he took a few lessons after that just to try and
put all he had learned into perspective. He learned many guitar styles,
but nothing that really helped him communicate the experiences of his
downtrodden life.
One day he walked into a small guitar shop to buy some strings. It was there he heard a man preaching the blues with his guitar. He Instantly fell in love with the sweet, honest & melancholic sounding music that was flowing from the sound hole of the mans guitar. This is when the penny dropped; "this his how I'm gonna tell my pain," he said to himself. From then on he began to learn the blues and write music and lyrics with truth and feeling. His aim is to write and play his own style of blues that touches the listener in some way and he also loves to cover his favorite blues songs that were written by the legends and pioneers of the genre. Over the years of playing, "Slim" has acquired and coined his own unique sound, consisting of both standard acoustic and resonator guitars complimented by the age old practice of slide playing, which involves using a piece of metal or glass tube on his pinky finger to play certain notes and chords. For the guitar enthusiasts out there, "Slim" chooses to tune his guitar to an "open chord" which is much more suited to slide playing than standard western tuning. "Slim's" favorite tuning and the tuning you will hear him play most of his songs in, is (Open G) also known as "Spanish Tuning", however; he does sometimes venture in to (Open D) when he is feeling a little more experimental, which is also known as "Vesta-pol Tuning". |
"The sweet sound of Slim preachin' the blues."
"Good ol' back porch blues." "Music for the soul."
He writes songs about his past and present life experiences
and expresses his thoughts and feelings about his own life through his
simple but effective lyrics. The most attractive part of "Slim's" music
has to be his very authentic and seasoned sounding voice; that is not
technical, but very powerful in the sense that when you hear it; you
instantly know and understand that he means every word that is coming
out of his mouth. He really has got that "true down home feeling".......
Please take a moment to listen!!!!! CLICK HERE
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