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Slidin' Slim Is A Blues Guitarist/singer From Linköping Sweden. In 1991 Slim Discovered The Country Blues Of Son House Big Joe Williams Fred McDowell And Robert Johnson. He Started To Learn To Play Slideguitar And Sing The Blues. Slim Took The Stagename Slidin’ Slim And Began To Work With Pianoplayer Fredrik Östergren. Slim Played His First Bluesgig At The Legendary Bluesclub Jefferson In Linköping. Another Highlight Was A Gig Together With Bluesväder That Later Changed Name To Knock-Out Greg And Blue Weather At Skitiga Duken In Stockholm. First Recording
1995 Saw His First Recording ”How Blue Can A Young Man Get?” That Consisted Of 6 Classic Countryblues Tunes Played Solo. Slim Started To Play Full-Time Together With Guitarist David Book With Whom He Made His Bluesfestival Debut In Mönsterås. Second Recording
His Second Recording ”Going Down Slow” With Acoustic Countryblues And Electric Chicagoblues Came Out In 1996. Among The Players Was David Book And Big Fred. Slim Joined Forces With Established Bluesmusicians Harmonica/guitarplayer Lasse Olsson From The Nightcats Drummer Roger Mörck Bassplayer Magnus Ekman And Guitarist Ari Hautala And Formed The Jungle Kings. Also That Year He Released The Recording ”Introducing The Jungle Kings”. And Toured And Played At Festivals In Järfälla Mönsterås And Åmål. Due To Geographical Reasons The Jungle Kings Disbanded Later Same Year. Little Slim & The Roadmasters
The Next Year In 1997 Slim Started A New Band Little Slim & The Roadmasters Together With Ari Hautala Bassplayer Eric Troestler And Drummer Stefan Andersson. The Material Was Mostly R&B And Jump Blues. Slim Continued To Play Solo And Performed At The Rawa Bluesfestival In Katowice Poland. An Event That Was Broadcasted On Televison For Millions Of Viewers All Over Eastern Europé. He Then Starts To Focus More On His Songwriting. Forms Mylla That Mixes Swedish Folkmusic With Deltablues Together With His Wife Ann-Charlotte. EP
”I´ve Had My Fun” Was Released In 1998 And Consisted Of 5 Original Songs Written By Slim. The Music Was A Mix Of Alt.Country And Acoustic Blues. The Blues Man Also Leaves Little Slim & The Roadmasters And Starts To Tour More With Big Fred Again. He Records A New CD-Ep During The Summer With Big Fred ”The Stars Come Out At Night”. It Consists Of 4 Songs 2 Originals By Slim . Extensive Touring
1999 Sees Him Touring A Lot And He Plays At The Festival In Järfälla With Big Fred And Comes Second Playing Solo In Scandinavian Blues Contest In Mönsterås. In 2000 Slim Plays At Festivals In Mönsterås Åmål Together With Big Fred And Östersund. He Continues To Tour All Over Sweden. That Year He Gets Back Together With David Book Eric Troestler And Drummer Kjell-Åke Eriksson To Form The Bluesband Slim Baker´s Combo. Slim Also Spends A Lot Of Time Writing Songs For An Alt.Country Project Called Parkland. Slim Bakers Combo On Hold
Slim Works A Lot With Slim Bakers Combo In 2001 But The Tragic Death Of Drummer Kjell-Åke Eriksson Puts The Band On A Hiatus. He Then Starts To Work On A Recording With Parkland Together With Producer Drummer Johan Adegren Bassplayer Per Nordh Guitarist Jocke Svensson Mole Train And Big Fred. Slim Baker Returns Later That Same Year With New Drummer Daniel Bergström From The Resonators And Starts To Tour. Slim Plays Solo At Östersunds Bluesfestival Among A Lot Of Other Dates. Parkland EP
2002 Is The Year In Which Slim Releases The Parkland – Ep ”Wind Up Working At A Gasstation”. He Continues To Work Both Solo With Slim Baker´s Combo And With The New Evil Rock-Duo Busty Blondes Together With Johan Adegran . Slim Also Records A 3 Song CD-Single With Busty And Plays At Festivals In Mönsterås And Östersunds Solo. Later That Same Year Slim Decides To Leave Both Parkland And Slim Baker´s Combo. University Study
In 2003 Slim Takes Some Time Off From Playing Live During Winter And Spring And Starts To Study Musicproduction At The University Of Linköping. Slim Works Hard On Writing Songs And Goes Back To Solo Performing During The Summer And Plays At Festivals In Åmål Lysekil Umeå And Östersund Among A Lot Of Clubdates. He Also Works A Lot With Mylla And Plays At Linköpings Folkmusicfestival. First Full-Lenght Album
The Following Year 2004 He Starts The Year With Signing A Publishing Deal With Sweden Songs. Slim Begins To Write Songs For His First Full-Lenght CD Together With Big Fred. Mylla Begins To Work With Bassplayer Nicklas Brännström And Drummer Krister Persson And Plays At Linköpings Folkmusicfestival Among Other Places. In November The CD With Big Fred ”Ten Long Years” Is Released On No Budget Records. 10 Out Of 11 Songs Are Originals. The Record Gets Great Reviews And Soon Recieve Airplay In Countries Like Denmark Germany France And Holland Among Other Contries Around The World. Live Album
Thanks To The Release Of ”Ten Long Years” Things Move Fast For Slidin’ Slim In 2005. More Great Reviews And The CD Gets Airplay All Over The Planet. The CD Is Now Available Worldwide Through CD Baby. Slim Does More Gigs Than Ever Too. Nordic Jazz & Bluesfestival Åmåls Bluesfestival Norrtälje Bluesfestival Malmöfestivalen Östersunds Bluesfestival Mojo Bluesclub In Copenhagen Denmark And Visits To Blues Societies In Lidköping And Tranås To Mention A Few Gigs. The Concerts In Tranås Results In A Live CD – "One Man A Whole Lotta Blues". More Hard Work
Being The Classic Workaholic Type Slim Continues To Work Hard In 2006. Together With His Wife He Begins The Work With The Debut CD For Mylla That Change Name To Skallbom. A Busy Winter And Spring Follows With Recording Playing Gigs At Crossroads 15 Th Anniversary Karlskoga Bluesfestival Linköpings Jazz & Bluesfestival And Many More Places. He Receives Great Jazz Clubs Blues Prize 2006 For His Work In The Blues Field. In May Skallbom's Record “Ack Ack” Is Finished And Released. The Song Brand New Face From "Ten Long Years" Becomes One Of 6 Songs To Make It To The Finals In The International Song Contest Blues Heritage Song Contest. Slim Travels To Backa Jazz Festival Outside Helsinki In Finland And Performs This Song And One More. He Has Great Time Meeting The Other 5 Artists Hattie Wilcox USA Barry McCabe Ireland Mike Andersen Denmark Ras Smaila Nigeria And David Brewer USA . After A Long Vacation He Starts The Fall Of 2006 Concentrating On Writing Songs For A Brand New Record That Is Planned To Be Released Early 2007. Slidin Slim “I’ve Been Very Fortunate As A Musician Since I First Began My Journey Down The Blues Road Back In 1991. Each And Every Year Has Given Me Wonderful Experiences That I Wouldn’t Trade For Anything But 2007 Might Be The Best Musical Year Ever. I Began The Year With The Recording Of My Latest CD “One Man Riot” Together With Producer Niels Nielsen. Thanks To Barry McCabe I Played Some Dates In The Netherlands And Had A Great Time. To Meet And To Do Some Jamming With The Legendary Mick Taylor From The Rolling Stones Was Quite A Thrill Too. During The Summer I Played A Bunch Of Swedish Blues Festivals Like Åtvidaberg Uddevalla And Åmål But I Can’t Deny That My Very First US Tour Was The Event Of The Summer. To Have “One Man Riot” Released By The Great US Record Label Nine Mile Records Have Changed A Lot In My Career As Blues Musician And I’m Really Grateful And Glad That They Support Me In The Grand Way They Do. During The Fall I Did A Some Club Gigs As Well As My Annual Appearance At The Great Blues Festival In Östersund. I’ve Also Teamed Up With Some Great Backing Musicians Like Drummer Krister Persson Bassplayer Nicklas Brännström And Guitar/multiinstrumentalist Niels Nielsen. Looking Forward To Some Heavy Touring During 2008 Together With These Guys As Well As My Usual Solo Gigs.” “One Man Riot” Received Some Great Reviews During The Year And Will Be Promoted Towards The Scandinavian And European Market In 2008. Magda Piskorczyk & Slidin’ Slim
Polish Vocalist Magda Piskorczyk And Swedish Musician Slidin' Slim Performed Together At The Satyrblues Festival In Tarnobrzeg Poland In September 2009. It Was Their First Joint Performance Preceded Only With A Short Sound Check. Magda And Slim Met The Evening Before At The Airport. In The Beginning They Were Supposed To Play Only For A Quarter And In Duo. However... As It Is Stated In "Gitarzysta" Guitar Player Magazine 2010/01 "Their Joint Concert Was So Much Liked By The Audience That Planned 15 Minutes Turned Into 45 And The Encore Only Seemed To Intensify Hunger For More." The Album Presents 7 Songs. Magda And Slim Sing By Turns. They Both Play Guitars Magda - Acoustic And Slim - Dobro. They Are Accompanied By Two Musicians From Magda's Band Aleksandra Siemieniuk On Electric Guitar And Grzegorz Zawiliński On Limited Percussion Set Containing Instruments Such As A Washboard And Spoons. In The CD There Is A Video Presentation Of All The Concert Too. In May 2010 They Met On The Stage Of The Dusty Road Blues Festival In Sweden. In May 2011 They Toured Together In Poland And Germany. More Info About Cooperation With Magda Piskorczyk Www.Magdapiskorczyk.Com/mpss DISCOGRAPHY Slidin' Slim & Jimmy Z - Transatlantic Blues 2010 Limited Tour-CD-Ep Magda Piskorczyk & Slidin’ Slim - Live At Satyrblues 2010
Slidin’ Slim & The Soulbastards - Live At Satyrblues 2008 CD/DVD 2009
Slidin’ Slim - One Man Riot 2007
Slidin’ Slim - One Man A Whole Lotta Blues 2005
Slidin’ Slim & Big Fred - Ten Long Years 2004
Slidin’ Slim & Big Fred - The Stars Come Out At Night 1998
Slidin’ Slim - I've Had My Fun 1997
Compilation Resophonic Players Of Europe 2005 INTERNET Www.Myspace.Com/slidinslim
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