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Too Slim and the Taildraggers
“…channels
Stevie Ray Vaughan while nodding to Robert Cray and the boogie blues of ZZ
Top. ”
–Billboard Magazine Visit the Too Slim and the Taildraggers
website
Tim “Too
Slim” Langford, with his band the Taildraggers, have created an eclectic
style of Roots-Rock, Americana, and Blues, that has become a genre all its
own. Too Slim‘s ever evolving musical direction cannot be classified into any
box or category. The eclectic nature of the band allows Too Slim and the
Taildraggers to easily cross-over and appeal to audiences of various musical
tastes.
The bands latest CD “The Fortune Teller“ has charted as high as #9 on
the Billboard Top Blues Album chart in 2007 and 2008. The Fortune Teller was
also nominated for “Best Contemporary Blues Album“ in the 2008 Blues
Blast Music Awards in Chicago IL. This award winning band has been voted the
Best Regional act, 11 times by the Cascade Blues Association, the largest
organization of it’s kind in the USA.
Too Slim and the Taildraggers have multiple awards from various NW
Reader’s Polls and other NW Blues Societies
for Best Band and Best Album. Founding member Tim ‘‘Too Slim“
Langford has won multiple individual awards as Best Guitarists, Best Slide
Guitarist, and Best Songwriter. Too Slim and the Taildraggers are in the Hall
of Fame in three NW Blues Societies. Their devoted fan base has grown over
the years into a National and International following.
Experiencing a Too Slim and the Taildragger concert is like taking a
journey through the history of American music. Too Slim’s music style ranges
from down home blues , funky blues rock, americana, southern swamp rock, and
instrumental guitar styles. The band, led by singer, songwriter and
guitarist,
Tim “Too Slim” Langford, is backed by the top shelf rhythm section of
bassist Dave Nordstrom, and drummer Rudy Simone.
Too Slim and the Taildraggers are headliners at theaters, festivals,
and concert stages.
The band has shared the stage with the likes of Bo Diddley, Brian
Setzer, Johnny Lang, .38 Special, Robert Cray, Otis Rush, Jeff Healey, Ted
Nugent, Los Lobos, Lonnie Mack, Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Travis Tritt, Junior
Brown, Gatemouth Brown, Neil McCoy, Delbert McClinton, Blues Traveler,
Steppenwolf, Johnny and Edgar Winter.
For
more information, contact Nate Snell at Burnside Records
Too Slim's second release for
Burnside contains ten (eight original) songs that prove why this hard-rockin'
blues trio is quickly becoming known at "The best Texas blues/rock band
not based in Texas." Tim "Too Slim" Langford's guitar playing
is often compared to the late Stevie Ray Vaughan and "EI Rauncho
Grundge" shows Langford is no mere Vaughan clone. From the George
Thorogood approach of Mississippi Fred McDowell's "Shake 'Em On
Down" to Langford's self-penned Ventures-tinged title track, this album
will make a believer of all listeners.
The best way to experience this band
is live. Well here it is! Over 60 minutes of high energy rockin' blues that
will make you sweat in the comfort of your own home! Guitarist Tim "Too
Slim" Langford takes you to guitar heaven and back with the help of the
hard drivining rhythms of John "Midnight" Cage (drums) and Tom
"The Stomp" Brimm (Bass). Wanted Live captures the band's explosive
live sets. "Too Slim plays in the coolness zone between ZZ Top and The
Beat Farmers!"
Fourteen tracks from the hottest electric
blues band in the Northwest. Guest appearances from Charlie Musselwhite,
Little Charlie (& The Nightcats) and Robert Cray keyboardist Jimmy Pugh
make this fourth release the best to date from Too Slim & The
Taildraggers! "The Taildraggers play with freshness, skill and, as
needed, stage-stomping power, and it makes sense they would be good. "Swamp
Opera" is a total package, with sparkling guest appearances and some
masterfully varied guitar lessons from Slim Tim".
Click
the album cover to listen to song samples from, Too Slim & The Taildraggers,
Blues for EB. Equal parts surf, rockabilly, rock n' roll &
blues, this record is just one sweet song after another. The album contains
fifteen new songs including Warren Smith's "Uranium Rock" &
Curtis Salgado's guest appearance on title track Blues for EB.
For
more information, contact Nate at Burnside Records |
